File:Riga wodcut 1575.gif

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(1,936 × 1,242 pixels, file size: 134 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 0.1 s)

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.
Date
Source
This file is lacking source information.

Please edit this file's description and provide a source.

Author
Sebastian Münster  (1488–1552)  wikidata:Q61073 s:it:Autore:Sebastian Münster q:en:Sebastian Münster
 
Sebastian Münster
Alternative names
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 Basel
Work location
Basel; Heidelberg Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61073
Other versions


This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/gif

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:35, 4 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 14:35, 4 April 20211,936 × 1,242 (134 KB)Yerachmiel Cres.
10:49, 15 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 10:49, 15 August 2005600 × 385 (50 KB)Harald HansenA woodcut of Latvias capital Riga, dating from a 1575 French edition of Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. {{pd}} Category:Riga
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Riga_wodcut_1575.gif"