Sebastian Munster. Map of Paris, c. 1550s. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne is the earliest correct placement

is the earliest correct placement of the mouth of the Mississippi River on a printed map

geographer to King Louis XV

Bowen after John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)

and South America’s extensive waterways underscore the economic significance of the New World

Sebastian Munster. Map of Paris, c. 1550s. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne is the earliest correct placementSebastian Mnster (14881552)ParisFrom Cosmographia, Basel: c. 1550sWoodcut on paper[Sheet size: 12 1 2 x 15 3 4 in.] This detailed woodcut view of Paris, published in the mid 16th century in Sebastian Mnsters seminal Cosmographia, presents one of the earliest printed urban panoramas of the French capital. Mnsters Cosmographia was among the first modern encyclopedias to blend scientific geography with rich illustration, and this depiction of Paris