33 Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) – Roe Deer and European Hedgehog (Animals of the German Lands) – Woodcut (Circa 1550)

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 comprehensive 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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