36 Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) – Map of the Island and Kingdom of Sicily – Woodcut (Circa 1550)
This historical geographical map charts the island and kingdom of Sicily, located in the central Mediterranean Sea. The woodcut, set within a sheet of German text, details the island’s major towns, coastal features, and mountainous interior, along with the proximity of Italy and the North African coast (Africa/Barbaria). This map was originally published in The Second Book of Münster’s massive geographical encyclopaedia, the Cosmographia universalis, providing contemporary readers with an authoritative view of this historically crucial Mediterranean territory.
Sebastian Münster was a pioneering German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebraist scholar of the Renaissance. His magnum opus, the Cosmographia universalis (first published 1544), was the earliest German-language description of the world. It contained a vast collection of maps, city views, and illustrations that visually documented world geography, history, and ethnography, establishing a new standard for scholarly and accessible publications in 16th-century Europe.
Artist or Maker: Sebastian Münster
Dimensions: Approximately 34 × 21 cm
Medium: Woodcut
Date: Circa 1550
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