Sebastian Münster travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Sebastian Münster as German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552).
Sebastian Münster was born at Nieder-Ingelheim in 1488. His recorded nationality is Germany.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as cartographer, writer and translator.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Sebastian Münster died in 1552, aged 64. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as cartographer, writer and translator
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