MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ, 1648

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MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ

1648 Willem Blaeu: “MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ,” Amsterdam, 44 x 52 cm., dedicated to the Radziwils, Lithuanians who ordered Maciej Strubicz to map the area in 1584-95. In 1613 Johannes Jansonnius published a Hessel Gerritsz– engraved copy of that map; Blaeu copied/published a reduced and re-oriented version in 1648 in “Atlas Maior.” The version from Harvard has Spanish text on the verso. See the 1662 version.

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1648

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www.swaen.com

Konnklijke Bibliotheek, The
Hague

Harvard Map Collection:
http://vc.lib.harvard.edu