1560 Sebastian Munster Antique Map of Africa Ireland Barrack of the Second Regiment

Barrack of the Second Regiment of the Lancers of the Guard at Berlin

As this map was only published over a 10 year period

the Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Modern (joint issue)

In cases where the imperial claims of Britain and France were questionable

This large original very scarce hand coloured copper-plate engraved antique map of North America by Nicolas Bellin

1560 Sebastian Munster Antique Map of Africa Ireland Barrack of the Second RegimentTitle : Africa Lybia Morenlandt mit Allen Konigreichen so zu Unsern Zeiten darin Gefunden Werden Date : 1560 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 50660 Size: 15in x 11 1 2in (385mm x 290mm) Description: A great example of the first map of the whole continent of Africa published in the 1560 edition of Sebastian Munster'sCosmographia. This woodblock map is instantly recognisable, first published in 1540, by its illustrations of the 'Monoculi' (a one eyed