Monday, 2 July 2012

Edinburgh (1582)



Town plan of Edinburgh ("Edenburgum, Scotiae Metropolis") printed in Cologne by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg in 1582. Georg Braun (1541-1622), a catholic priest from Cologne, and Frans Hogenberg published together between 1572 and 1617 the "Civitates orbis terrarum", which contains 546 prospects, bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all around the world.

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