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Hand-Colored Woodcut Map. Muenster, Sebastian. [Nova Insulae] "Tavola dell'isole nuove,..." [Basel or Cologne], [1558-1575]. 10 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches; 263 x 340 mm - map & title, margins. Generally clean & attractive. Old (orig.?) color. Italian text on verso.
First published in Muenster's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (Basel, 1540). This is the first map clearly depicting the New World as a distinct insular landmass.
Schwartz & Ehrenberg plate 18; Skelton plate 7; Burden 12, state 8