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Sebastian Münster

1488 - 1552

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Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel. His well-known work, the highly accurate world map, Cosmographia, sold well and went through 24 editions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Münster has received more than 191,159 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Sebastian Münster is the 21st most popular geographer (up from 27th in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,249th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Geographer.

Sebastian Münster is most famous for his Cosmographia, a world atlas that was published in 1544.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Sebastian Münster ranks 21 out of 86. Before him are George Everest, Pomponius Mela, Ibn Khordadbeh, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, and James Lovelock. After him are David Harvey, Al-Bakri, Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, Zakariya al-Qazwini, and Fra Mauro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Sebastian Münster ranks 8. Before him are Jungjong of Joseon, Lütfi Pasha, Ulrich von Hutten, Germaine of Foix, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. After him are Joseph Karo, Ferdinand Columbus, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Johannes Magnus, Jan Tarnowski, and Otto Brunfels. Among people deceased in 1552, Sebastian Münster ranks 3. Before him are Francis Xavier, and Katharina von Bora. After him are Basil Fool for Christ, Petrus Apianus, Paolo Giovio, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Olaus Petri, Guru Angad, Andreas Osiander, Antonio de Mendoza, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sebastian Münster ranks 991 out of 7,253. Before him are Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), Anna Leopoldovna (1718), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905). After him are Gunter Sachs (1932), Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876), August Kundt (1839), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Stefan Lochner (1410), and Gottlob Berger (1896).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among geographers born in Germany, Sebastian Münster ranks 4. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Carl Ritter (1779), and Martin Waldseemüller (1470). After him are Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Hans Meyer (1858), August Heinrich Petermann (1822), Peter Schenk the Elder (1660), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), and Adolf Stieler (1775).

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