Early decorative birdseye view of Chur from an early German edition of Munster's Cosmography, one of the most influential georgaphical works of the 16th Century.
Fine early view of Chur, from and early edition of Munster's Cosmographia. Woodcut view of the walled city of Chur, in the Swiss canton of Grabünden. The area, settled over five thousand years ago, lays claim to being the oldest city in Switzerland....
Early decorative birdseye view of Chur from a French edition of Munster's Cosmography, one of the most influential georgaphical works of the 16th Century.
Important early view of the walled town of Eger, or Cheb, in the Czech Republic, including the city's coat of arms and the prominently labeled Church of Saint Nicholas. Munster's Cosmography was one of the most influential geographical works of the...
Decorative early view of Eger, in Bohemia, with coat of arms. Munster's Geographia (first published in 1540) and his later Cosmographia, were cartographic landmarks. The Geographia included not only Ptolemaic maps but also a number of landmark modern...
Nice example of Munster's birdseye view of Riga from the river, with decorative title banner and two coats of arms in the sky. View is from the Duna, with several major place names given. Munster's Geographia was a cartographic landmark, including...
![[Rome] Die Statt Rom . . .](/map/small/62058.jpg)
Striking view of Rome from Munster's Cosmographia. Munster's view captures a fine sense of the fortified walls and Seven Hills of the Eternal City, with significant activity along the Tiber River. Many of Rome's great landmarks are clearly...
![[Rome] Die Statt Rom in aller Welt](/map/small/68874.jpg)
Striking view of Rome from Munster's Cosmographia. Munster's view captures a fine sense of the fortified walls and Seven Hills of the Eternal City, with significant activity along the Tiber River. Many of Rome's great landmarks are clearly...
![[Ancient Rome] La figure de la place ou fut iadiz la cite de Rome avec ses portes, quand elle estoit en la grand fleur](/map/small/64173.jpg)
Detetailed regional map of ancient Rome, from Munster's Cosmographia, one of the most influential books of the 16th Century.
![[Sicily] Li Nomi Antichi e Moderni De l'Isola d'Sicila](/map/small/43268.jpg)
Rare and finely engraved early map of Sicily, published in Venice by the important Lafreri School mapmaker Ferrando Bertelli. Bertelli's map of Sicily is one of only a very few Lafreri School maps of Sicily. As with the other early maps of Sicily,...
![[Jerusalem] Die Heilige Statt Jerusalem Contrafehtet nach Form und Gestalt wie sie Ietz Erbauwen ist](/map/small/68292.jpg)
Fine Sixteenth-Century View of Jerusalem From Münster's Highly Influential Work An early and finely-engraved view, titled ‘The Holy City’, depicting Jerusalem surrounded by its ancient walls. Religious sites and important landmarks are clearly...
![[Christian Conquest and Fortification of Djerba in 1560] Aviso Del Successo Del Arm'ata De Christiani che si truova in Barberia, & della presa del Gerbi diretta al. S. Comendator Cambiano dal S. Paulo de la gesia Comedator; et secretario del R.S. gran Ma](/map/small/61878.jpg)
Rare Broadside Showing the Fortifications of Djerba After the Christian Victory in 1560 Rare broadside plan of walled fortifications on Djerba, published shortly after the successful taking of the island by a multi-national Christian force in early...
