It includes the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. There is a cartouche in the lower right-hand corner with an explanation of the political division of the Iberian Peninsula. The profiles of the mountain systems, the most important rivers and the cities as groupings of buildings are depicted. The toponymy is written in Latin and Spanish, although the title and cartouche are in German. It is dated to the reign of Charles I (1516-56)

Collection: Texts

Project: 0. What is Europe? The European Spaces in the history of Europe.

Chronology: XVI

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://www2.ign.es/MapasAbsysJPG/0002_41-K-1.jpg

Resource type: Cartography

Format: Colour map, mounted on canvas: 24 x 30 cm on a page of 26 x 34 cm. Scale 1: 3.700.000

Source: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Fondos Cartográficos, (Signatura IGNC 41-K-1)

Language: Latin and Spanish

Date: 10/20/2020

Owner: Rubén Castro Redondo (Modernalia)

Identifier: 41-K-1

Copyright: © Instituto Geográfico Nacional

Abstract: Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Sebastian Münster and first published in 1544 (Basel). Publisher Henri Petri

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