Cosmographia

Cosmographia was published in 46 editions, in 4 languages

• in German between 1544 and 1628;
• in Latin between 1550 and 1559;
• in Italian in 1558; and
• in French in 1575.

The plague tragically cut Munster's life short in 1552. Successors continued publishing and updating editions.

Source Map of Lacus Constan (Lake Constance, Switzerland) Cosmographia Universalis 1565 Edition

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