File:Regina Europa from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia.jpg

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English: Very rare allegorical woodcarving view " Europa Regina" or "Europe as a Queen" from the Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster, 1598. Europe is illustrated as a queen, an illustration that was published in Munster`s Cosmographia since 1580 and originally was created in 1537 by Johannes Bucius. The crown and the head are formed by Spain, England and Scotland are isles at the sceptre, the upper body build Gallia and Germania, the arms are Denmark and Italy with Sicilia as an orb, the lower body is built by the states Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Scythia and others. On the front- side you see the nice coloured view, on the back-side there is a general description in German.
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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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Basel; Heidelberg Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q61073
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