Birthdate: January 20, 1488
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
Died: May 26, 1552
Sebastian Münster was a renowned German cartographer and cosmographer acclaimed for his mastery in geography and mapmaking. Additionally, he was recognized as a distinguished Christian Hebraist scholar and served as a professor at the University of Basel. His notable achievement, the Cosmographia, a highly detailed world map, gained widespread popularity with 24 editions. Münster’s impact was augmented by the production of woodcut illustrations by different artists based on his maps, facilitating the dissemination of his precise geographical insights to a broad audience.
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