Bunting World Map

BUNTING, Heinrich (1545-1606).
[World Map] Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers.
Woodblock engraving.
Magdeburg, 1581 from Cosmographia Universalis.
11 3/4" x 13 3/4" sheet.
Comparable: Bonhams, 2019 - GBP 2,125. Australian Book Auctions, 2011 - AUD 4,427.
First published in 1581, Bunting's celebrated biblical geography includes his famous world map showing the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa on a clover leap projection with Jerusalem at the centre, the eastern coast of South America appears on the far left, England and Scandinavia in the north (Shirley 142). The ocean contains several mermaids, sea-monsters and a beautiful ship off the coast of America. Other maps of the Holy Land, Egypt, and views of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon. The Itinerarium” was an exceedingly popular work, running to ten editions in seven languages over a period of seventy years from its first publication.