Woodcut of early German ships, ca.1544, Item No.10

View of an unidentified coastal town with various ships in its harbour in the foreground. It is an illustration to an unidentified German edition of Sebastian Münster’s ‘Cosmographia’, first published in 1544, and probably printed by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
The British Museum also has an impression (1982,U.2486).
Text in German on reverse.; Mounted with PAD0269-PAD0271, PAD0273-PAD0274.

Object Details

ID: PAD0272
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Petri, Heinrich
Date made: ca.1530
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London