This 1564 edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia is the 9th to be printed in German. The work itself was the first German book about the general world published, and is considered a seminal work on geography. It was also one of the most popular books of the 16th century and was published in dozens of editions.
"Sea wonders and strange animals" from this 1564 edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia. Woodcut executed and signed by the artist Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch.
"The animal called rhinoceros." This woodcut of a Rhinoceros, executed by the artist David Kandel, was based on a famous woodcut created by Albrecht Durer in 1515.
