Lithuania, Livonia.., 1538

Basle, 4 x 3 inches, in a re-publishing of a mid-3rd century treatise: “De mirabilibus mundi (‘The wonders of the world)” which contains a short description of the ancient world, mostly taken from Pliny’s Natural History and the geography of Pomponius Mela. The manuscript map labels “Lithuania,”
“Vilna,” “Grodno,” “Livonia,” and “Riga.”