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gravura - [LISBON]. Lisbona. Sebastian MÜNSTER (text); [Sebastian Henricpetri, ed.]. Cosmographia Universalis. [Basel, c. 1598]. Hand-coloured woodcut; 315 × 395 mm (sheet); mounted in a passepartout; trimmed; margins reconstructed. Classic bird’s-eye view of Lisbon across the Tagus , lively with ships, galleys and small craft. At top the Portuguese coat of arms flanked by wind heads and ribbons; along the lower margin, German letterpress text describing the city. The dense street pattern, churches and the Castle of São Jorge define the skyline—one of the most influential sixteenth-century images of Lisbon from Münster’s celebrated Cosmographia .