Title
Sumatra ein grosse insel so vonden at en Geographen Taprobana ist ist genent worden
Year/Period
Circa 1578
Region
Asia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 47.0 x 55.0,
Image size: 28.0 x 36.0,
Frame size: 55.2 x 60.4 x 3.3 cm,
Image size: 33.5 x 38.4 cm
Image size: 28.0 x 36.0,
Frame size: 55.2 x 60.4 x 3.3 cm,
Image size: 33.5 x 38.4 cm
Accession No.
2021-00866
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of John and Pauline Foo
Sebastian Münster was a German professor of Hebrew, as well as a mathematician and cartographer, working in Basel. This map of Sumatra, accompanied by an illustration of a man riding an elephant, appeared in Münster’s Cosmographica, which included the newly-emerging geographical information from European voyages of exploration, alongside fanciful illustrations.
