Melita = Malta
- Author(s)
- Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552 and Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579
- Description
- Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins. Shows topography, waterways. Pictorial vignettes of settlements; ships. Extensive descriptive text surrounding map. Gothic script. Appears in Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, German edition, published in Basel between 1544 and 1628, some editions by Heinrich Petri (1544-1550). This copy has pencil inscription in lower left: 151. Text on verso.
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Collection
- Cosmographia Universalis and Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
- Place(s)
- Europe and Malta
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/nk893gz6820
- Use and reproduction
- Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
