A fascinating sixteenth century woodblock map of Britain by Sebastian Munster (1488-1552) centred primarily on England and Wales, but including Scotland albeit at a curious angle and the eastern part of Ireland. The major towns and cities are located, and the main rivers are featured. A sailing vessel is in the North Sea. Münster was a renowned geographer, cosmographer, mathematician, and humanist. He studied Hebrew at Heidelberg and became a professor at Basle University specialising in Semitic languages. Whilst there he began lectures on mathematics and cosmography. In 1540 Münster published his own edition of Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’. The ‘Cosmographia’, his most renowned work, was first published by Henri Petri in 1544 in German. Although Shirley cites the first issue of this map as 1578 it has since been found in the 1574 German edition of the ‘Cosmographia’. The encyclopaedic work is the first scientific compendium of the knowledge of the day including astronomy, geography, history, and natural sciences. Shirley (BI to 1650) no. 122 (incorrectly placing its first issue at 1578).