British Isles Great Britain - an early woodblock engraved map by Sebastian Munster, 1544 art print poster canvas gift present_fishing Common Red Poppy flowering plant

Common Red Poppy flowering plant - Papaver erraticum rhoeas - an antique engraved and hand-coloured print by Elizabeth Blackwell from her famous work "A Curious Herbal"

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At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scientific community

British Isles Great Britain - an early woodblock engraved map by Sebastian Munster, 1544 art print poster canvas gift present_fishing Common Red Poppy flowering plantAn iconic early map of British Isles with ships and sea monsters, published by Sebastian Munster for his "Cosmographia" in 1544. One of the most thought after 16th century hand coloured maps, engraved and printed by a woodblock. Sebastian Munster (1488 1552) was a German scholar studying Hebrew, Greek and mathematics, who later became one of the most influential cartographers of 16th century. Before embarking on his most famous work, "Cosmographia",