Sebastian Munster. Map of Paris, c. 1550s. Bayer 1 (Guastecan)

1 (Guastecan)

oak drawer sides

they formed the basis of the collection for the Smithsonian Institution

as agreed in Pinckney’s Treaty

expansion into the Pacific

Sebastian Munster. Map of Paris, c. 1550s. Bayer 1 (Guastecan)Sebastian Mnster (14881552)ParisFrom Cosmographia, Basel: c. 1550sWoodcut on paper[Sheet size: 12 1 2 x 15 3 4 in.] This detailed woodcut view of Paris, published in the mid 16th century in Sebastian Mnsters seminal Cosmographia, presents one of the earliest printed urban panoramas of the French capital. Mnsters Cosmographia was among the first modern encyclopedias to blend scientific geography with rich illustration, and this depiction of Paris