LIVONIAE NOVA DESCRIPTIO, 1573–74

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LIVONIAE NOVA DESCRIPTIO

c. 1573–74 Jan (Joanne) Portant (Portantio): “LIVONIAE NOVA DESCRIPTIO, Joanne Portantio, auctore”

Antwerp, 218 x 245 mm / 8.6 x 9.6 inches, printed as one of three maps on a sheet. Portant was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer, and his original map, created c. 1571, was later used by Ortelius and by de Jode.

Year

1573–74

Author

Jan Portant