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Faroe Islands

Sepac 2021: The Faroes on Historical Maps II

26 April 2021

On 26 April 2021, Posta Faroe Islands issued a Minisheet on the theme Historical Maps issued by the Small European Postal Administrations.

The stamp features the map called: "Gemeine beschreibung aller Mittnächtigen Länder / Schweden / Gothen / Nordwegien / Deñmarck / rc". Publication year 1578. The map was printed without change in German reprints of the book and in Latin editions with a title in that language, Septentrionales regiones.

The German scholar Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was most important geographer of the sixteenth century. His Cosmographia, published in 1544, spread geographical knowledge wide over Europe. It was issued in nearly 40 editions and 6 languages. He published each known continent on a separate map. He died May 1552 in Basel of the Black Death.