Ortelius’ Map of the Baltic: Livonia, Pomerania & the Silesian Duchies Printed Area Measurement_30 x 35 cm Atlantes Neerlandici

Atlantes Neerlandici

a map of ancient Gaul

the Duchies of Oswiecim and Zator were two of the Duchies of Silesia

lacks final blank (b4)

Betz notes the relative lack of interior detail

Ortelius’ Map of the Baltic: Livonia, Pomerania & the Silesian Duchies Printed Area Measurement_30 x 35 cm Atlantes NeerlandiciPomeraniae Wandalicae Regionis Typ. [on sheet with] Livoniae Nova descriptio [and] Ducatus Oswieczensis et Zatoriensis Descriptio An early example of this particular map, which was first printed in the Dutch, German and Latin editions of Abraham Ortelius Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1573. The Theatrum is generally considered the first modern atlas of the world, first published in 1570. Ortelius gathered the best available cartographic knowledge and