Sebastian Münster

1488–1552

German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)

astronomer · writer · translator

Born in Nieder-Ingelheim

Contemporaries

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• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546)
• Christopher Columbus (1451–1506)
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
• Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)
• Raphael (1483–1520)

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