Sebastian Münster's book 'Cosmographia' as the eponym of this website.

Intro
Living in Basel, Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) worked from 1524 on his work 'Cosmographia'. which was published for the first time 20 years later in 1544.

The content of this book was:

[Cosmographei
oder beschreibung aller länder / herrschafften / fürnemsten stetten / geschichte /gebreuchen / hantierungen etc. zum offtermal trefflich seer durch Sebastiani Munsteri gebessert in weldtlichen und natürlichen historien / und ietz under aber bis auff das tausend fünff hundert acht und fünfzigste jar gemeret. Zum auff ein neuwes mit hüschen figuren und landtafeln geziert / sonderliche aber werde darin contrasehter achtund vierzigste/ und der welche beydseittig aus Teutscher nation nach irer gelegenheit darzukommen/ und von der stette oberkeite do hin sampt jren beschreibungen verordnet]

Cosmographei oder die Beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschaften, vornehmsten Städte, Geschichten, Gebräuche, Hantantierungen usw. zum wiederholten mal trefflich sehr durch Sebastian Münster verbessert in weltlichen und naturhistorischen und bis jetzt auf das Jahr 1558 ergänzt. Decorated with many new, beautiful figures and maps, but especially [contrasting 48] the German nation's side after their opportunity and by the stetten Obrigkeit therein along with their description are located.

The book became a bestseller for decades and probably influenced one or two people to discover the world for themselves.
You can find more information about Sebastian Münster on the internet. I don't need to repeat it.

A lot has changed since Sebastian Münster. Not only for the better. And it is time again to enjoy other forms of culture without without giving up one's own roots, which in the end also fall victim to the uniform mush of the glittering world.

The guiding principle of this website is the thread. Threads have existed longer than mankind. Many things have been tied together in nature since before the first higher mammals walked in the 'cosmos'. Spiders and insects, perhaps other animals too, were the teachers of mankind.
It was not primarily the warming fur of captured animals that enabled mankind to spread to cooler parts of the world, but the thread that held the fur together. In all cultures, the thread is the unifying element that adorns, protects and supports us.
Nothing works without string. Let's celebrate it!
Let's connect!