Subject: Central Europe
Period: 1545 (published)
Publication: Cosmographia Universalis
Color: Black & White
Size:
13.4 x 9.7 inches
34 x 24.6 cm
Interesting woodblock map of the German Empire with north oriented at the bottom of the chart. Covers the region from present-day Gdansk through Ghent in the north and Croatia to Geneva in the south. Graphically depicts the mountains, rivers and forests with principal cities shown in castle form. An oared ship appears in the North Sea off the coast of Holland.
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Condition: A