File:AFRICA XXV NOVA TABULA.jpg

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Description First map to show the entire continent of Africa.
Uncolored
257 x 345 mm
Appeared in Munster's edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia in 1540
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Source http://www.betzmaps.com/AF-550.html
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Sebastian Münster  (1488–1552)  wikidata:Q61073 s:it:Autore:Sebastian Münster q:en:Sebastian Münster
 
Sebastian Münster
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Sebastian M. Münster; Sebastian Muenster
Description German cartographer and scholar
Date of birth/death 20 January 1488 Edit this at Wikidata 26 May 1552 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ingelheim Basel
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current17:41, 4 February 2007Thumbnail for version as of 17:41, 4 February 20071,770 × 1,404 (1.06 MB)Tarawneh (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= First map to show the entire continent of Africa. <br>Uncolored <br>257 x 345 mm <br>Appeared in Munster's edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia in 1540 |Source= http://www.betzmaps.com/AF-550.html |Date= 1552 |Author= Seb