MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1488-1552). Die neüwen Inseln so hinder Hispanien gegen Oriente bey dem land Indie liegen. N.p., c.1550.

One of the most influential 16^th-century maps of the Americas. The map’s inclusion in Münster’s Cosmographia “sealed the fate of ‘America’ as the name for the New Work” (Burden). Corresponds to Burden state 5 of the German versions, with the title worded as above and “Temistitan” present. Burden 12.

Woodcut map, 254 x 340mm to neat lines on 300 x 393mm sheet (cleaned, pressed, a couple of tiny wormholes). German text on verso. Matted and framed.

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