SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552) and HANS HOLBEIN, the Younger (1497-1543). Typus Cosmographicus Universalis. Basel: Johannes Hervagius, 1532 04_19_23 A Plan of the Upper

A Plan of the Upper Part of Potomack River called Cohongorooto

A fort (“Fuerte Americano”) appears just within the territory east of the river

Pope was familiar with the leading ornithologists and naturalists of the period

rather than topography and roads

SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552) and HANS HOLBEIN, the Younger (1497-1543). Typus Cosmographicus Universalis. Basel: Johannes Hervagius, 1532 04_19_23 A Plan of the UpperSebastian MUNSTER (1488 1522) & Hans HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497 1543) Typus Cosmographicus Universalis Basel, 1532 First edition, published in Johann Huttich and Simon Grynaeus Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incogntarum 2 sheets joined (16 x 22 4 8, full margins) Fine woodcut world map on an oval projection, the cartography ascribed to prominent cartographer Sebastian Mnster and the engraving to the celebrated German artist Hans Holbein