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Sebastian Münster: Cosmographia  wikidata:Q1136161 reasonator:Q1136161
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Sebastian Münster  (1488–1552)  wikidata:Q61073 s:it:Autore:Sebastian Münster q:en:Sebastian Münster
 
Sebastian Münster
Alternative names
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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Basel; Heidelberg Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q61073
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Cosmographia
label QS:Lit,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lja,"宇宙誌 (セバスティアン・ミュンスター)"
label QS:Lfr,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lca,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Luk,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lnl,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lru,"Космография"
label QS:Lfi,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lde,"Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)"
label QS:Lpt,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Len,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lnb,"Cosmographia"
label QS:Lcs,"Cosmographia"
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A woodcut of Latvia's capital Riga, dating from a 1575 French edition of Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. This woodcut (1547) was first published in Cosmographia reissue in 1550. The author of this woodcut, Hans Johann Hasentöter, has also written an article about Livonia and translated Lord's Prayer to Latvian - both were included in 1550 issue of Cosmographia.
Language German Edit this at Wikidata
Publication date 1544 Edit this at Wikidata
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