Henri Petri - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Henri Petri - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Tabula Moderna Hispaniae, from the Cosmographia universalis by Sebastian Münster https://historylab.es/tabula-moderna-hispaniae-from-the-cosmographia-universalis-by-sebastian-munster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tabula-moderna-hispaniae-from-the-cosmographia-universalis-by-sebastian-munster Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:37 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tabula-moderna-hispaniae-de-la-cosmographia-universalisde-sebastian-munster/ Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Sebastian Münster and first published in 1544 (Basel). Publisher Henri Petri

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]]> 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)

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