File:Grynaeus's Novus Orbis Regionum.jpg

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English: Fine impression of this map, which first appeared in the 1532 Basel edition of Grynaeus's Novus Orbis Regionum, and is adorned with border vignettes attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. The vignettes feature winged angels turning the World on its axis, suggesting Copernicus' theory of the rotation of the Earth, thirteen years before the publication of his De Revolutionibus.

The map is quite antiquated for its time and was probably prepared prior to 1532, based on Schoener globes and Apianus, but it compensates with a variety of artistic embellishment including sea-monsters, mermaids, and an early sailing.

Woodcut map of the world on two sheets joined at the center, overall 16 3/8 x 22 5/8 in., 415 x 575 mm.
Date (circa). Published 1537 or 1555.
Source http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/fine-books-manuscripts-n08811/lot.28.html
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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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Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)  wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
 
Hans Holbein the Younger
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg London
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Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
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creator QS:P170,Q48319

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