Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fuernemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist

infoMünster, Sebastian; 1600

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Early map of Asia featuring a number of mythical lakes that were once thought to exist in southern China, and which feed several rivers that flow south through mainland Southeast Asia. Text describes the world divided into four or five regions.

Details
Date
1600
Map Maker
Münster, Sebastian
Attributes

Written Note/Details

Features

River

Regional Border

Library Catalogue

Title
Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fuernemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist
Author/creator
Münster, Sebastian (1489-1552)
Subject (topical)
Maps (documents)
Country
Netherlands
Date issued
2019 
Language
German
Extent
online resource
Note
[Sebastian Munster]<br>Title on map verso: Asia. Die Lender Asie nach ihrer Gelegenheit und weiten Begriff, zu Landt und Wasser, mit unzehlig Inseln groß und klein, wie es zu unsern zeiten erfahren und beschriben ist.
Subject (geographic)
Asia
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 1600
Shelfmark
COLLBN Port 172 N 7
Persistent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3283358

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