1614.S.Munster.Double page map of Middle East & Cyprus

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Up for sale is an original, antique double page map of the Middle East which came from Sebastian Munster's 1614 edition of " Cosmographey; das ist, Beschreibung aller Lander, Herrschafften,und furnemesten Stetten,des gantzen Erbodens [...] biss ins MDCXIV Jahr gemehret.Published in Basel by Sebastian Henricipetri. Date of publication: 1614. Syria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / zwey Arabia / mit Bergen / Wasseren und Stetten. Image size: 35 .5 x 30.5 cms. Double page map of the Middle East. Title above top margin; two cartouches with text. A ship in the Mediterranean. The area shows Cyprus in the west through to the Persian Gulf in the east and Asia Minor and the Caspian Sea in the north through to the Sinai Peninsula and the Saudi Arabian desert in the south. Syrian and Palestinian towns given in detail.[ The small village of Episcopi west of Limassol, in Cyprus, is marked on a regional map of the Middle East ]. The map is evenly age browned with very faint see through of verso (only to the upper left side) on to recto. Uncoloured as published. Free shipping costs by registered airmail to any part of the world. ***More Munster maps and views in my store*** IMPORTANT: Paypal payments only please