Lelewel, Joachim

Polish historian, mathematician, politician and collector.  Professor of History, University of Wilna, Lithuania, 1815–1818. Designer of more than 200 maps and atlases about medieval history and the history of discoveries. Pioneer writer on the history of cartography, with nine major works, including “Atlas do Dziekow Polskich” Warsaw, 1829; “Atlas zur Geschichte Polens” Leipzig, 1846; “Geographie du Moyen Age” in 5 volumes, with an atlas containing 145 maps.