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[[File:Cosmographia titelblatt der erstausgabe.JPG|thumb|Title-page of first edition, printed in [[Basel]] by [[Heinrich Petri]]]]
[[File:Cosmographia titelblatt der erstausgabe.JPG|thumb|Title-page of first edition, printed in [[Basel]] by [[Heinrich Petri]]]]


The '''''Cosmographia''''' ("[[Cosmography]]") from 1544 by [[Sebastian Münster]] (1488–1552) is the earliest [[German language|German]]-language description of the world.<ref>''The New [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', 1974, {{ISBN|0-85229-290-2}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=2xArAAAAMAAJ&dq=earliest+German+description+of+the+world.&q=%22earliest+German+description%22&pgis=1#search]</ref>
The '''''Cosmographia''''' ("[[Cosmography]]") from 1544 by [[Sebastian Münster]] (1488–1552) is the earliest [[German language|German]]-language description of the world.<ref>''The New [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', 1974, {{ISBN|0-85229-290-2}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=2xArAAAAMAAJ&q=%22earliest+German+description%22]</ref>


It had numerous editions in different languages including [[Latin]], French (translated by [[François de Belleforest]]), Italian, English, and [[Czech language|Czech]]. The last German edition was published in 1628, long after his death. The ''Cosmographia'' was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years. This success was due to the notable [[woodcut]]s (some by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], [[Urs Graf]], [[Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch]], and [[David Kandel]]). It was most important in reviving geography in 16th-century Europe. Among the notable maps within ''Cosmographia'' is the map "Tabula novarum insularum", which is credited as the first map to show the American continents as geographically discrete.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents, Pages from History |last=Lepore|first=Jill|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|pages=24}}</ref>
It had numerous editions in different languages including [[Latin]], French (translated by [[François de Belleforest]]), Italian and [[Czech language|Czech]]. Only extracts have been translated into English. The last German edition was published in 1628, long after Munster's death. The ''Cosmographia'' was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years. This success was due to the notable [[woodcut]]s (some by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], [[Urs Graf]], [[Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch]], and [[David Kandel]]). It was most important in reviving geography in 16th-century Europe. Among the notable maps within ''Cosmographia'' is the map "Tabula novarum insularum", which is credited as the first map to show the American continents as geographically discrete.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents, Pages from History |last=Lepore|first=Jill|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|pages=24}}</ref>

Some of its editions also contain one of the earliest preserved texts in the [[Latvian language]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Riga Skyline - Then and Now |url=https://latvians.com/index.php?en/CFBH/Cosmographia/cosmographia-001-content.ssi |website=Latvians.com |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>


His earlier geographic works were ''Germania descriptio'' (1530) and ''Mappa Europae'' (1536). In 1540, he published a Latin edition of [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geographia]]'' with illustrations.
His earlier geographic works were ''Germania descriptio'' (1530) and ''Mappa Europae'' (1536). In 1540, he published a Latin edition of [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geographia]]'' with illustrations.
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==Editions==
==Editions==
* German: 1544 Basel, 1546, 1548, 1550, 1553, 1556, 1558, 1561, 1564, 1567, 1569, 1572, 1574, 1578, 1588, 1592, 1598, 1614, 1628
* German: 1544 Basel, 1545 Basel, 1546, 1548, 1550, 1553, 1556, 1558, 1561, 1564, 1567, 1569, 1572, 1574, 1578, 1588, 1592, 1598, 1614, 1628
* Latin: 1550 Basel, 1552, 1554, 1559, 1572
* Latin: 1550 Basel, 1552, 1554, 1559, 1572
* French: 1552 Basel, 1556, 1560, 1565, 1568, 1575 Paris (editor Francois de Belleforest).
* French: 1552 Basel, 1556, 1560, 1565, 1568, 1575 Paris (editor Francois de Belleforest).
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Karte vom Nordgau Cosmographia Sebastian Muenster 1628.jpg|Map of [[Nordgau]]
Karte vom Nordgau Cosmographia Sebastian Muenster 1628.jpg|Map of the [[Bavarian Nordgau]]
Saal-Ingelheim-Cosmographia-1628.jpg|[[Ingelheim]]
Saal-Ingelheim-Cosmographia-1628.jpg|[[Ingelheim]]
Blemmyes.jpg|[[Blemmyes (legendary creatures)|Blemmye]], a fantastic creature
Blemmyes.jpg|[[Blemmyes (legendary creatures)|Blemmye]], a fantastic creature
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* Karl Heinz Burmeister: ''Sebastian Münster - Eine Bibliographie''. Wiesbaden 1964.
* Karl Heinz Burmeister: ''Sebastian Münster - Eine Bibliographie''. Wiesbaden 1964.
* Matthew McLean: ''The Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster: Describing the World in the Reformation''. Aldershot 2007.
* Matthew McLean: ''The Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster: Describing the World in the Reformation''. Aldershot 2007.
* Hans Georg Wehrens: ''Freiburg in der „Cosmographia“ von Sebastian Münster'' (1549); in ''Freiburg im Breisgau 1504 - 1803, Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche''. Verlag Herder, Freiburg 2004, S. 34 ff. {{ISBN|3-451-20633-1}}.
* Hans Georg Wehrens: ''Freiburg in der "Cosmographia" von Sebastian Münster'' (1549); in ''Freiburg im Breisgau 1504 - 1803, Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche''. Verlag Herder, Freiburg 2004, S. 34 ff. {{ISBN|3-451-20633-1}}.
* Günther Wessel: ''Von einem, der daheim blieb, die Welt zu entdecken - Die Cosmographia des Sebastian Münster oder Wie man sich vor 500 Jahren die Welt vorstellte''. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt 2004, {{ISBN|3-593-37198-7}}.
* Günther Wessel: ''Von einem, der daheim blieb, die Welt zu entdecken - Die Cosmographia des Sebastian Münster oder Wie man sich vor 500 Jahren die Welt vorstellte''. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt 2004, {{ISBN|3-593-37198-7}}.
* {{de-ADB|23|30|33|Münster, Sebastian|Ludwig Geiger}}
* {{de-ADB|23|30|33|Münster, Sebastian|Ludwig Geiger}}
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* "Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)". [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010051006/http://www.bbkl.de/m/muenster_s.shtml Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)] (in German).
* "Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)". [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010051006/http://www.bbkl.de/m/muenster_s.shtml Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)] (in German).
* {{HLS|10764}}
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jwd_lhDN9b4C&pg=PA407&ots=f_S3qwiWi_&dq=sebastian+münster+%22s+408%22&hl=de&sig=Fn6p7lHf5EldNKnScsHrZycwxBg Artikel in der TRE]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jwd_lhDN9b4C&dq=sebastian+münster+%22s+408%22&pg=PA407 Artikel in der TRE]
* [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography/me.html Lateinische Werke im Internet]
* [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography/me.html Lateinische Werke im Internet]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080123224959/http://www.smg-ingelheim.de/schulpage/sebastian_muenster_namenspatron/index.htm Wer war Sebastian Münster?] - Umfangreiche Dokumentensammlung des Sebastian-Münster-Gymnasiums in Ingelheim.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080123224959/http://www.smg-ingelheim.de/schulpage/sebastian_muenster_namenspatron/index.htm Wer war Sebastian Münster?] - Umfangreiche Dokumentensammlung des Sebastian-Münster-Gymnasiums in Ingelheim.

Latest revision as of 20:25, 22 February 2024

Title-page of first edition, printed in Basel by Heinrich Petri

The Cosmographia ("Cosmography") from 1544 by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) is the earliest German-language description of the world.[1]

It had numerous editions in different languages including Latin, French (translated by François de Belleforest), Italian and Czech. Only extracts have been translated into English. The last German edition was published in 1628, long after Munster's death. The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years. This success was due to the notable woodcuts (some by Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, and David Kandel). It was most important in reviving geography in 16th-century Europe. Among the notable maps within Cosmographia is the map "Tabula novarum insularum", which is credited as the first map to show the American continents as geographically discrete.[2]

Some of its editions also contain one of the earliest preserved texts in the Latvian language.[3]

His earlier geographic works were Germania descriptio (1530) and Mappa Europae (1536). In 1540, he published a Latin edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with illustrations.

Contents

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Europa regina in the 1570 Cosmographia

As late as the 1598 edition, the content consisted of:

Book I: Astronomy, Mathematics, Physical Geography, Cartography
Book II: England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Savoy, Trier, Italy
Book III: Germany, Alsace, Switzerland, Austria, Carniola, Istria, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Pomerania, Prussia, Livland
Book IV: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Walachia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Turkey
Book V: Asia Minor, Cyprus, Armenia, Palestine, Arabia, Persia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Scythia, Tartary, India, Ceylon, Burma, China, East Indies, Madagascar, Zanzibar, America
Book VI: Mauritania, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, South Africa, East Africa

Editions

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  • German: 1544 Basel, 1545 Basel, 1546, 1548, 1550, 1553, 1556, 1558, 1561, 1564, 1567, 1569, 1572, 1574, 1578, 1588, 1592, 1598, 1614, 1628
  • Latin: 1550 Basel, 1552, 1554, 1559, 1572
  • French: 1552 Basel, 1556, 1560, 1565, 1568, 1575 Paris (editor Francois de Belleforest).
  • Italian: 1558 Basel, undated Venezia, 1575 Koln.
  • Czech: 1554 Praha.

Excerpts only:

  • German: 1820 J.G.J. Seybold, Munchen.
  • French: 1779 Ruault, Paris (ed. Nicolas Gobet); 1872 Librarie des Philosophes, Paris; 1883 A. Quantin, Paris.
  • English: 1552 W. Marshall, London (abridged ed.); 1553 Edward Sutton, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1561 Lahon Awdely, London (ed. George North); 1572 Thomas Marche, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1574 Thomas Marche, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1577 Richard Jugge, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1885 Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh & Birmingham (ed. Edward Arber); 1895 A. Constable & Co., Westminster (ed. Edward Arber).
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References

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  1. ^ The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 1974, ISBN 0-85229-290-2 [1]
  2. ^ Lepore, Jill (2002). Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents, Pages from History. Oxford University Press. p. 24.
  3. ^ "The Riga Skyline - Then and Now". Latvians.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ Munster, Sebastian (1544). Cosmographia.

Further reading

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  • Karl Heinz Burmeister: Sebastian Münster - Versuch eines biographischen Gesamtbildes. Basler Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft, Band 91, Basel und Stuttgart 1963 und 1969.
  • Karl Heinz Burmeister: Sebastian Münster - Eine Bibliographie. Wiesbaden 1964.
  • Matthew McLean: The Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster: Describing the World in the Reformation. Aldershot 2007.
  • Hans Georg Wehrens: Freiburg in der "Cosmographia" von Sebastian Münster (1549); in Freiburg im Breisgau 1504 - 1803, Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche. Verlag Herder, Freiburg 2004, S. 34 ff. ISBN 3-451-20633-1.
  • Günther Wessel: Von einem, der daheim blieb, die Welt zu entdecken - Die Cosmographia des Sebastian Münster oder Wie man sich vor 500 Jahren die Welt vorstellte. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt 2004, ISBN 3-593-37198-7.
  • Ludwig Geiger (1886), "Münster, Sebastian", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 30–33
  • Claus Priesner (1997), "Münster, Sebastian", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 18, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 539–541
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