Heinrich Bünting

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Bünting's world map. Made to look like a clover leaf. The coat of arms of his hometown of Hannover
Bünting's map of Europe
Bünting's map of Africa

Heinrich Bünting (1545 – 30 December 1606) was a German

Protestant
pastor and theologian. He is best known for his book of woodcut maps titled Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel book through Holy Scripture) first published in 1581.

Life

Bünting was born in

superintendent in Goslar. When a dispute arose over his teachings in 1600 he was dismissed and retired from the ministry. He spent the rest of his life as a private citizen in Hannover.[1][2]

Bünting died on 30 December 1606.[3][4]

Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae

His collection of woodcut maps, Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, first published in

the world depicted using a cloverleaf design thought to possibly represent the Trinity with Jerusalem in the center, Europe in the form of a crowned and robed woman, and Asia as the winged horse Pegasus.[1][2][6]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Description of the Holy Land". World Digital Library. 1585.
  2. ^ a b "Real Places, Fanciful Visions". Yale University.
  3. ^ Grotefend 1876.
  4. ^ Klinge 1955.
  5. ^ Barber, Barnes & Erskine 2013, p. 87.
  6. ^ Jacob 2006, pp. 141, 401.

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