File:Riga wodcut 1575.gif

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Description A woodcut of Latvia's capital Riga, dating from a 1575 French edition of Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. This woodcut (1547) was first published in Cosmographia reissue in 1550. The author of this woodcut, Hans Johann Hasentöter, has also written an article about Livonia and translated Lord's Prayer to Latvian - both were included in 1550 issue of Cosmographia.
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Sebastian Münster  (1488–1552)  wikidata:Q61073 s:it:Autore:Sebastian Münster q:en:Sebastian Münster
 
Sebastian Münster
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Sebastian M. Münster; Sebastian Muenster
Description German cartographer and scholar
Date of birth/death 20 January 1488 Edit this at Wikidata 26 May 1552 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ingelheim am Rhein Basel Edit this at Wikidata
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current14:35, 4 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 14:35, 4 April 20211,936 × 1,242 (134 KB)Yerachmiel C (talk | contribs)res.
10:49, 15 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 10:49, 15 August 2005600 × 385 (50 KB)Harald Hansen (talk | contribs)A woodcut of Latvias capital Riga, dating from a 1575 French edition of Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. {{pd}} Category:Riga

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