Title

North Africa with Sardinia and Malta

Caption

North Africa with Sardinia and Malta, detail, earliest printed map of the entire African continent, woodcut by Sebastian Muenster from Cosmographia Universalis, Basel 1550, Switzerland, Europe

Date

Apr 03, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Krueger

Reference

BRK21C31_478

Model release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

59,1Mb (2,9Mb) / 18,6in x 12,4in / 5568 x 3712 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa African Basel Cosmographia Universalis Europe Italia Italy Malta No People North African Sardegna Sardigna Sardinia Sebastian Muenster South Europe Southern Europe Switzerland book books close up close ups colored colorful colorized coloured colourful colourized continent continents deserted detail view drawing drawings drawn empty hand-colored hand-coloured illustration illustrations image motif imprinted map maps multi colored multi coloured multi-colored multi-coloured multicolored multicoloured no one nobody printed reference book reference books sketch travel travel photography uninhabited variegated woodcut woodcuts woodprint xylograph Central Europe Hand coloured woodcut Hand-coloured woodcut Middle Ages Middle Europe North Africa Northern Africa Plate Plates artist artists close-up depiction depictions detail details encyclopedia encylopedias historic historical island state island states mediaeval medieval picture board