Title

Elephant and one-eyed giant (Monoculi)

Caption

Elephant and one-eyed giant (Monoculi), 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

BRK21C36_389

Model release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

58,3Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,2in x 18,6in / 3658 x 5570 (300dpi)

Keywords

African Basel Cosmographia Universalis No People Sebastian Muenster Switzerland book books close up close ups colored colorful colorized coloured colourful colourized continent continents deserted detail view drawing drawings drawn empty fantasy giant giants hand-colored hand-coloured illustration illustrations image motif imagination imprinted map maps multi colored multi coloured multi-colored multi-coloured multicolored multicoloured mythical creature mythical creatures mythologies mythology no one nobody printed reference book reference books sketch uninhabited variegated woodcut woodcuts woodprint xylograph Hand coloured woodcut Hand-coloured woodcut Middle Ages Plate Plates artist artists close-up depiction depictions detail details encyclopedia encylopedias historic historical mediaeval medieval picture board