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8.00" x 6.50"
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2.00"
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0.88"
Overall:
13.50" x 12.00"
Antique Map of the Western Hemisphere by Sebastian Munster - circa 1550 Framed Print
by Blue Monocle
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Antique Map of the Western Hemisphere by Sebastian Munster - circa 1550 framed print by Blue Monocle. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Munster's map of the western hemisphere is the first printed map to show North and South America as completely separate from Asia. The land mass in... more
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Munster's map of the western hemisphere is the first printed map to show North and South America as completely separate from Asia. The land mass in the upper left contains the label India, and the island of Zipangri, or Japan, is shown off the west coast of Central America. The Strait of Magellan is labeled off the southern tip of South America, and Magellan's ship Victoria is shown in the Pacific Ocean. Also of note is the Sea of Verrazano in North America, a great inland sea thought by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano to lie to the west of the Outer Banks of North Carolina before the mainland in that area had been explored. In South America, a forest in Brazil with a human leg hanging from a tree is labeled Canibali, or Cannibals, and the region of Argentina is labeled Regio Gigantum, or Land of Giants. Original title: Die Neuwen Inseln, so Hinder Hispanien Gegen Orient bey dem Land India Ligen (The New Islands Lie Beyond Spain Towards the Orient near India)
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Blue Monocle is an imaging studio and print shop specializing in the digital restoration and presentation of antique maps.
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