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1544

Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia

1544

The German geographer Sebastian Muenster published his Cosmographia, a richly illustrated description of the known world that became the most widely read geographical work of the sixteenth century. Readers in Frankfurt and Lyon pored over its woodcut marvels and its descriptions of cannibals in Brazil and elephants in Cathay. Over forty editions in six languages made it one of the sixteenth century's best-selling books.

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Before: 1543: Henry VIII Marries Catherine Parr
After: July 19, 1545: Mary Rose Sinks at Spithead

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Before: 1541: El Greco Born on Crete
After: 1550: Vasari Publishes the Lives of the Artists

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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.