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Munster's Geographia
1542
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GEOGRAPHIA / VNIVERSALIS, VETVS ET NOVA, / COMPLECTENS
/ CLAVDII PTO- / LEMAEI ALEXANDRINI ENARRATIO- / NIS LIBROS VIII. / Quorum
primus noua translatione Pirckheimheri et / accessione commentarioli illustrior
quàm hacte- / nus fuerit, redditus est. / Reliqui cum græco
& aliis uetustis exe[m]plaribus col- / lati, in infinitis ferè
locis castigatiores facti sunt. / Addita sunt insuper Scholia, quibus exoleta
urbium, / montium, fluuiorumq[ue] nomina ad nostri seculi mo- / rem exponuntur.
/ Succedunt tabulæ Ptolemaicæ, opera Sebastiani Mun- / steri
nouo paratæ modo. / His adiectæ sunt plurimæ nouæ
tabulæ, moderna[m] or- / bis faciem literis & pictura explicantes,
inter quas / quædam antehàc Ptolemæo non fuerunt additæ.
/ Vltimo annexum est compendium geographicæ de- / scriptionis, in
quo uarij gentium & regionum ri- / tus & mores explicantur. / Præfixus
est quoq uniuerso operi index memorabiliu[m] / populorum, ciuitatum, fluuiorum,
montium, ter- / rarum, lacuum &c. / BASILEAE APVD HENRI- / CVM PETRVM. |
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[1] [text on reverse] ORBIS / VNIVERSALIS / DESCRI= / ptio, in qua
præter Ptolemei alio- / rumq ueterum Cosmographoru[m] / inuestigationem,
Africæ & item In- / diæ extrema littora ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TYPVS VNIVERSALIS> [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'2' [text on reverse] DESCRIPTIO / Orbis Generalis, ut à Pto
/ lemeo situs eius secu[n]dum / lo[n]gum ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TYPVS ORBIS A PTOL> DESCRIPTVS>
[2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'3' [text on reverse] HIBER / NIA ET ALBION, EVROPAE / Tabula I. Continet
hæc tabula insulas Britannicas, nem / pe ... [the 5th line ends]
... adiacen / ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA EVROPAE I< [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'4' [text on reverse] HISPANIA / SECVNDA EVROPAE TABVLA. / Continet
hæc tabula totam Hispaniam in tribus pro / uintijs partitam ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA EVROPAE II< [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'5' [text on reverse] GALLIA / TERTIA EVROPAE TABVLA, CONTI / net Gallias
in quatuor prouincijs cum insulis sibi adiace[n] / tibus ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE III > [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
The name 'Tarraconen[sis]', found in the 1540 edition is omitted [1d] |
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'6' [text on reverse] GERMANIAM MAGNAM / continet hæc quarta
Europæ tabula, cum in / sulis sibi adiacentibus ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA EVROPAE IIII < [cloverleaf
pointing left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'7' [text on reverse] RHAETIA ET / VINDELICIA, NORICVM, Etc. / Complectitur
hæc quinta Europæ tabula Rhætiam, Vindelici / am, Noricum,
duas Pannonias, & totam Illiridem cum insulis / adiacentibus. ..
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE V > [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'8' [text on reverse] ITALIA ET / CORSICA, sexta Europæ tabula.
/ Continet hæc tabulam Italiam & Cyrnum insulam, / cum insulis
Italiæ adiacentibus. Parallelus ipsius me- / dius, proportionem ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE VI > [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'9' [text on reverse] SARDINIA / ET SICILIA, SEPTIMA EVROPAE / TABVLA.
/ Continet hæc tabula Sardiniam & Siciliam in- / sulas. ... omni
parte pe- / lago, ab ortu ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE VII < [cloverleaf
pointing left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
The penultimate line of text in the central cartouche has 'Therme' |
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'10' [text on reverse] SARMATIAM EVROPEAM / continet hæc octaua
Tab. & est in ea TAV / RICA Chersonesus. Parallelus ipsius me / dius
...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE VIII< [cloverleaf
pointng right] [1a, ob - 5a, ob] |
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'11' [text on reverse] NONA EVRO / PAE TABVLA continet IAZYGES METANASTAS,
DA / CIAM, utranq Mysiam, Thraciam & Chersonesum. Paralle / lus ipsius
medius ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE IX < [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'12' [text on reverse] GRAECIA / Decima & ultima Europæ tabula,
continet Macedoniam, Epiru[m] / Achaiam, & Peloponnesum, insulasq Cretam
& Euboeam cum / reliquis adiacentibus insulis. ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA EVROPAE X > [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
The text is surrounded by 4 woodcuts, the upper showing the Pope reclining;
the left and right with portraits of astronomers, scientists and so on. |
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'13' [text on reverse] APHRICAE TABVLA PRIMA, / co[n]tinet ambas Mauritanias,
Tingitana[m] ET Cæsa= / riensem. Parallelus ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] APHRICAE TABVLA I< [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'14' [text on reverse] SECVNDA / APHRICAE TABVLA, continet Aphricam
mi- / norem & insulas que circa ipsam sunt. Parallelus / eius ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] APHRICAE TABVLA II< [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'15' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] AEGYPTVM / MARMARICAM
ET CYRENAICAM, continet hæc tertia Afri- / cæ tabula cum adiacentibus
insulis. Parallelus ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA APHRICAE III< [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'16' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] QVARTA [cloverleaf
pointing right] / APHRICAE tabula, continet interiore[m] Libyam & Aethiopiam
/ que sub Aegypto est, & ea[m] que interius est cu[m] insulis sibi
adia / centibus. ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] APHRICAE TABVLA II II< [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'17' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA I>
ASIAE. / COntinet hæc tabula Pontum & Bithynia[m] / & que
proprie Asia dicitur, ac Lyciam & / Galatia[m], Pamphiliam item, Cappadocia[m]
/ & Ciliciam. ... [The 'C' of 'Continet' is a woodblock capital]
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE I < [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'18' [text on reverse] ASIAE II. TABVLA, / continet Sarmatia[m] Asiaticam.
Parallelus ipsi / us medius rationem habet ad medirianum, / quam ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE II> [clverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'19' [text on reverse] TERTIA ASIAE / tabula continet Colchidem, Iberiam,
Albaniam & Arme- / niam maiorem. Parallelus ipsius ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE III> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'20' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] QVARTA [cloverleaf
pointing right] / ASIAE tabula continet Cyprum, Syriam, Palestinam, Arabiam
/ duplicem, Mesopotamiam & Babyloniam. Parallelus ipsius medius / rationem
...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE IIII> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob -4a, ob] |
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'21' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA V> / ASIAE
/ COntinet hæc tabula Assyriam, Susianam, Mediam, / Persidem,
Parthiam & Carmaniam desertam. Pa- / rallelus ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE V> [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob -4a, ob] |
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'22' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] ARABIAM FE / licem
atq Carmaniam continet hæc VI. Asiæ tabula. Paralle- / lus
..
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA ASIAE VI> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'23' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] SEPTIMA / ASIAE Tabula
co[n]tinet Margianam, Bactriana[m], / Sogdianam, Sacas & Scythiam intra
Imaum mon- / tem. Annumeratur ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE VII> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'24' [text on reverse] OCTAVA ASIAE TA / bula co[n]tinet Scythiam extra
Imau[m] / mo[n]tem & Sericam. Parallelus ipsi= / us medius ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE VIII> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'25' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] NONA A- [cloverleaf
pointing right] / SIAE Tabula continet Ariam, Paropanisadas, Drangi / anam,
Arachosia[m] & Gedrosiam. Parallelus eius medius ra / tione[m] ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA ASIAE IX> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'26' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] ASIAE X> / Tabula
continet INDIAM intra Gangem flu. cum adia / centibus sibi insulis. Parallelus
eius ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE X> [cloverleaf pointing
right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'27' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] VNDECI- [cloverleaf
pointing right] / MA ASIAE Tabula continet INDIAM extra / Gangem flu. &
Sinas. Parallelus ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] TABVLA ASIAE XI> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'28' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] ASIAE / Tabula XII.
continet Taprobanam insu- / lam cum cæteris insulis circa ipsam.
Paral- / lelus eius ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TABVLA ASIAE XII> [cloverleaf pointing
left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'29' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] EVROPA PRI- / MA
NOVA TABVLA. Hæc una est ex tribus orbis partibus, co[m] / plectiturq
terram eximie fertilem, habens naturalem temperiem, / coelumq ...
EVROPA PRIMA NOVA TABVLA [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'30' [text on reverse] ANGLICA- / nae insulæ noua descrip- /
tio, complectens & HI= / BERNIAE ET SCOTI= / AE propinquiores limi-
/ tes.
[cloverleaf pointing right] ANGLIA II> NOVA TABVLA [cloverleaf
pointing left [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'31' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] HISPANIA> / HISPANIA
VNDIQVE ALLVITVR MARI, / excepto eo latere quo Galliam co[n]tingit, ibi
enim altissimis, Py / reneis montibus ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] HISPANIA III> NOVA TABVLA> [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'32' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] GALLIA / GALLIAM
SIC DICTAM PVTANT A / Galate rege ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] GALLIA IIII> NOVA TABVLA [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'33' [text on reverse] HELVETIAE / NOVA DESCRIPTIO. Rhetiam & Heluetia[m]
tibi offert haec / tabula ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] HELVETIA PRIMA RHENI ET V> NOVA TABVLA<
[2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'34' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] GERMANIA> / De Germania
clarissima natione & dulcissima patria nostra, multa / hîc ...
[4th line ends] ... Hassi / ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] GERMANIA, VI> NOVA TABVLA> [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'35' [text on reverse] ALSATIA ET BRIS / GOIA> / Alsatia uel secundum
alios Elsatia, ab Illa seu Alsa fluuio, ut alij uocant, id / habet nominis
... [3rd line of text ends] ... aquilonare[m] / ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] ALSATIA ET BRISGOIA II> RHENI ET / VII.
NOVA / TABVLA [cloverleaf pointing right] [1a, ob - 5a, ob] |
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'36' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] TERTIA RHENI / TABVLA.
/ COntinet hæc tabula Marcam Badensem, Vuasgoiam, Vuestricham, /
ditionem ... [the 'C' of 'Continet' is a woodblock capital; the 3rd
line ends] ... impera / ...]
[cloverleaf pointing left] TERTIA RHENI NOVA TABVLA> [compass rose
pointring right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'37' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] HVNO- / RVM PRAESIDIVM.
/ LA regio, quam uulgo Hunes- / ruck uocant, putatur olim fuisse / Hunorum
... [The 'L' of 'LA' is a woodblock capital]
[cloverleaf pointing right] QVARTA RHENI ET IX< NOVA TAB [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'38' [text on reverse] BRABANTIA ET / GELDRIA< / Continet tabula
ista Brabantiam, cuius termini sunt ab oriente Mosa fluuius / ab occidente
...
[cloverleaf pointing right] BRABANTIA V> RHENI ET X< NOVA TABVLA<
[2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'39' [text on reverse] SVEVIA ET BAVARIA / Nulla natio in Germania
tam diu retinuit nome[n] suum ut Sueui, quippe qui longe / fuerunt ...
[catchword] / quen /
[cloverleaf pointing right] SVEVIA ET BAVARIA XI> NOVA TABVLA [2a,
ob - 4a, ob] |
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'40' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] FRANCONIA / Hæc
& Francia orientalis appellatur, habetq id nominis à Franco
Sicam- / brorum ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] FRANCONIA, XII> NOVA TABVLA> [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'41' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] SCHONLANDIA> / Hanc
alij uocant, Schondaniam, id est, amoena[m] Daniam, quam Plinius Scan /
diam, ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] SCHONLANDIA XIII NOVA TABVLA> [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'42' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] POLONIAE> / ET VNGARIAE
DESCRIPTIO. Vngariæ regio multo / tempore peregrinarum ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] POLONIA ET VNGARIA> XV> NOVA TABVLA>
[cloverleaf pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'43' [text on reverse] ITALIA NOVA. / ESt Italia peninsula, undiq preterquam
ubi alpibus iungitur, mari cin / cta ... [The 'E' of 'Est' is a woodblock
capital; the 3rd line ends] ... ceu / ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] ITALIA XIIII> NOVA TABVLA< [2a, ob
- 4a, ob] |
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[44] [text on reverse] TERRA SANCTA / HAec particularis Syriæ
prouincia primum Terra Chnaan, deinde ter / ra Israël ... [The 'H'
of 'Haec' is a woodblock capital; the 2nd line ends] ... co /...
[cloverleaf pointing right] TERRA SANCTA XVI> NOVA TAB> [cloverleaf
pointing left] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'45' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] NOVARVM INSV- /
LARVM DESCRIPTIO. Infinitus ferè est numerus nouaru[m] insularum,
quae / post annu[m] ...
[cloverleaf pointing left] NOVAE INSVLAE, XVII> NOVA TABVLA>
[2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'46' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing right] AFRICA NOVA / AFrica
una ex tribus orbis partibus, latissima est regio multorum regno / rum
...
[cloverleaf pointing right] AFRICA XVIII> NOVA TABVLA [2a, ob -
4a, ob] |
The title of the map is unchanged; there are variations in the panel
of text: line 8 commences 'australem' (1540: 'australe[m]'), and the penultimate
word of the penultimate line is 'simum' (1540: 'sinu[m]'). |
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'47' [text on reverse] INDIA NOVA> / Nouam India[m] tibi lector in
ista tabula exhibemus cum in- / finitis insulis. Dico noua[m], quod longè
post Ptolemeu[m] ab Eu / ropeis ...
[cloverleaf pointing right] INDIA EXTREMA> XIX> NOVA TABVLA> [cloverleaf
pointing right] [2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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'48' [text on reverse] [cloverleaf pointing left] LACVS CON- / STANTIENSIS.
/ LAcum Constantiensem cum circu[m]iacente regione nouis ob id accen= /
suimus tabulis quod ob sui magnitudine[m] mare ... [The 'L' of 'Lacus'
is a woodblock capital]
[cloverleaf pointing right] LACVS CONSTANTIENSIS> XX> TAB> NOVA
[2a, ob - 4a, ob] |
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[text] . / finis. / BASILEAE APVD HENRICVM PETRVM / MENSE MARTIO AN.
M. D. XLII. |
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