Title

Elephant

Caption

Elephant, detail, earliest printed map of the entire African continent, woodcut by Sebastian Muenster from the Cosmographia Universalis, Basel 1550, Switzerland, Europe

Date

Apr 03, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Krueger

Reference

BRK21C40_181

Model release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

59,1Mb (3,2Mb) / 18,6in x 12,4in / 5568 x 3712 (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 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 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