QUEEN EUROPE Anthropomorphic allegorical map in the shape of a woman wearing the imperial insignia: the leader is Spain; Germany and the Balkan countries, the Holy Roman Empire, constitute its heart, Italy is depicted as an arm holding the imperial globe: Sicily. A common interpretation sees her as Isabella of Aviz, wife of Charles V of Habsburg. From a Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552), German cartographer and cosmographer, 16th century.

Europa Germania

title: SEBASTIAN MUNSTER, EUROPE LIKE REGINA XVISECOLO

subject date: 2006-06-14

caption: QUEEN EUROPE Anthropomorphic allegorical map in the shape of a woman wearing the imperial insignia: the leader is Spain; Germany and the Balkan countries, the Holy Roman Empire, constitute its heart, Italy is depicted as an arm holding the imperial globe: Sicily. A common interpretation sees her as Isabella of Aviz, wife of Charles V of Habsburg. From a Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552), German cartographer and cosmographer, 16th century.

category: HIS

city: Europa

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country: Germania

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continent: Europa

image century : XVI

image epoch: Rinascimento

subject century: XVI

subject epoch: Rinascimento

technique: Cartografia

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