description
Grodeckis (Grodreccius; Grodecki; Grodetius; Grodziecki), Vaclovas (Waclaw; Wenceslaus)
Born Grodziec (Silesian Voivodeship), worked in Antwerp, died in Brno. Polish cartographer, engraver. His 1557 map of Poland – the only known example of which was lost in Munich, in 1945 – was
re-published in Basle by Giovanni Oporini in 1562. That map was later used by Ortelius in 1570, and by others. Died in Brno.
Dates
1535–1591
Place of birth
Grodziec (Silesian Voivodeship)
