{"id":1453,"date":"2021-12-22T12:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T12:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/?page_id=1453"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:36:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:36:04","slug":"mapmakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/mapmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1453\" class=\"elementor elementor-1453\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca7541c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"ca7541c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be10890\" data-id=\"be10890\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0708f7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0708f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mapmakers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2996d62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2996d62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dacb90a\" data-id=\"dacb90a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf60759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf60759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Mapmakers of the Historic Lithuanian Area<\/h2><p>These records have brief summaries of the principal mapmakers\u2014 cartographers, engravers and publishers \u2014 whose works are illustrated at this site. The first mention of a relevant mapmaker on the map illustration pages is linked to the appropriate page in this section. (Information is based on a number of sources, including Wikipedia and &#8220;Tooley&#8217;s Dictionary of Mapmakers,&#8221; Revised Edition, available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philaprint.com\">www.philaprint.com<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bed7a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bed7a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d52453\" data-id=\"2d52453\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section 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class=\"eael-grid-post-holder\">\n            <div class=\"eael-grid-post-holder-inner\"><div class=\"eael-entry-media\"><div class=\"eael-entry-overlay fade-in\"><i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/2022\/10\/30\/berlinghieri-francesco-di-nicolo\/\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-thumbnail \">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Feature_kartografas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1691\" alt=\"No portrait available\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-wrapper\"><header class=\"eael-entry-header\"><h3 class=\"eael-entry-title\"><a\n                        class=\"eael-grid-post-link\"\n                        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class=\"eael-grid-post-excerpt\"><p>1571\u20131638<\/p><\/div>\n                    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/article><article class=\"eael-grid-post eael-post-grid-column\" data-id=\"1979\">\n        <div class=\"eael-grid-post-holder\">\n            <div class=\"eael-grid-post-holder-inner\"><div class=\"eael-entry-media\"><div class=\"eael-entry-overlay fade-in\"><i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/bonne-rigobert\/\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-thumbnail \">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Feature_kartografas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1691\" alt=\"No portrait available\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-wrapper\"><header class=\"eael-entry-header\"><h3 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<div class=\"eael-grid-post-holder-inner\"><div class=\"eael-entry-media\"><div class=\"eael-entry-overlay fade-in\"><i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/braun-georg\/\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-thumbnail \">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Feature_kartografas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1691\" alt=\"No portrait available\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-wrapper\"><header class=\"eael-entry-header\"><h3 class=\"eael-entry-title\"><a\n                        class=\"eael-grid-post-link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/braun-georg\/\"\n                        title=\"Braun, Georg\">Braun, 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size-large wp-image-23736\" alt=\"&quot;Geographer&quot; by Vermeer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vermeer-Geographer-768x861-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vermeer-Geographer-768x861-1-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903d6df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"903d6df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Der Geograf,&#8221; 1668-69, <\/em><br \/><em>by Jan Vermeer. Stadel ArtMuseum, Frankfurt am Main<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93af941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93af941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What do I mean by the &#8220;Historic Lithuanian Area,&#8221; which a Pole might describe as &#8220;Historic Poland,&#8221; and which a Belarussian might claim as &#8220;Historic Belarus&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>History \u2014 including cartographic history \u2014 is a function of the historian, influenced by nationalism. As a Lithuanian, I tend to consider the boundaries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (check out the map on the landing page) &#8220;Historic Lithuania.&#8221; Polish&nbsp; commentators (and most cartographic sources) tend to describe any place within the boundaries of the Polish-Lithuanian&nbsp; Commonwealth as &#8220;Poland.&#8221; To make clear the issues, consider this Wikipedia entry for a notable claimed as a &#8220;native son&#8221; simultaneously by Poland, Lithuania and Belarus:<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Born in Mereczowszczyzna, near Kosava (then in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) a town in today&#8217;s Belarus&#8230; Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Ko\u015bciuszko: February 4, 1746 \u2013 October 15, 1817, was a Polish\u2013Lithuanian general and military leader during the Ko\u015bciuszko Uprising. He is a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus. He led the 1794 Ko\u015bciuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Force (Najwy\u017cszy Naczelnik Si\u0142y Zbrojnej Narodowej). Before commanding the 1794 Uprising, he fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army. In 1783, in recognition of his dedicated service, he was brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of brigadier general and became a naturalized citizen of the United States. There are several Anglicized spellings of Ko\u015bciuszko&#8217;s name. Perhaps the most frequently-occurring is Thaddeus Kosciusko, though the full &#8220;Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciusko&#8221; is also seen. In Lithuanian, Ko\u015bciuszko&#8217;s name is rendered as Tadas Kosciu\u0161ka or Tadeu\u0161as Kosciu\u0161ka. In Belarusian it is Tadevush Kastsyushka or Tadevu\u0161 Ka\u015bciu\u0161ka.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b21d952\" data-id=\"b21d952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d36871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d36871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>I wouldn&#8217;t have brought up the issue if I didn&#8217;t have an &#8220;Ace&#8221; up my sleeve: Forget commentators \u2013 what did Tadas\u00a0himself think he was? Luckily, we have his own words, in his wills. His second, 1806, will was quoted in &#8220;The Massachusetts Law Society Journal,&#8221; Vol. XX, December, 1949 (as quoted in &#8220;Adjudication of General Kosciuszko&#8217;s Wills,&#8221; by Anthony O. Shallna, itself<br \/>quoted in a letter to the editor in the Jan\/Feb 2011 issue of &#8220;Lithuanian Heritage&#8221;).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>&#8220;Know all men by these presents that I, Thade Kosciuszko, formerly an officer of the United States of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>America in their Revolutionary War against Great Britain, and a native of Lithuania&#8230;do hereby will and direct that at my decease&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>So, at this site, Tadas is Lithuanian, as is the area the maps on this site depict &#8212; regardless of how the maps themselves are titled<br \/>and described elsewhere.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a84b5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a84b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allegory_of_the_1st_partition_of_Poland-473x322-1.jpg\" alt=\"Allegory of the 1st partition of Poland\" width=\"473\" height=\"322\"><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br><\/em><\/p><p><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Allegory: the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1772<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: 1569 &#8211; 1795<\/strong><br>The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was an extension of a Polish-Lithuanian union that had existed since 1386. In theory, the two countries of the Commonwealth were equal, but Lithuania wound up having a secondary role &#8212; to the point that most references today refer to the nation as &#8220;Poland.&#8221; The Commonwealth, at 400,000 square miles and a population of 11 million, covered not only the present-day lands of Poland and Lithuania, but all of present-day Belarus, a large part of today\u2019s Ukraine and Latvia, some of western Russia &#8212; and, at times, areas in East Prussia, Kurland and Estonia as vassal \u2013 or tributory \u2013 states. The Commonwealth lasted for more than 200 years, disappearing with the final Partitions of 1795 by Russia, Prussia and Austria. In Poland, the official languages were Polish and Latin. In Lithuania, the official languages were Old Belarusian, Latin, and Lithuanian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1146b66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1146b66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54350c5\" data-id=\"54350c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2016ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2016ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>From &#8220;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-perimetron.org\/Vol_1_4\/Beconyte.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lithuanian historical maps: periods, methods, accuracy and perspectives<\/a><strong>&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;The first geographical data about the territory of Lithuania are found in the works of Ancient Greeks and Romans. In the third book of the \u201cGeographical Guide\u201d by Claudius Ptolemy (Fig. 2 below) there is a description of the Baltic area. Unfortunately, the original map has not survived until recent time. At the present we know several maps of Central Europe compiled according to the data given by Ptolemy. In the Middle Ages these sparse and inaccurate data of the Antique geography about Lithuanian territory were almost lost. Only some maps of that time, such as Al\u2013Idrissi of the Hereford maps, do represent the main rivers of Lithuania. In the magnificent map of Fra Mauro (15th century) the name of Lithuania has been mentioned. The first and more detailed cartographic view of Lithuania since the Antique times, appeared in the second half of the 15th century, in the epoch of the Renaissance and geographical discoveries.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Who are the founding map-makers of the historic Lithuanian area?<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">According to an essay at The Polish Museum:<\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;The catalogue is preceded by a short essay on some outstanding cartographers\u2019 works, including maps of Poland belonging to the collection of Rapperswil. Some celebrities of cartography are mentioned due to their input in the development of the presentation of the part of Europe in question: they include Ptolemy, Wapowski, Grodecki and Wilhelm le Vasseur de Beauplan. On the other hand, there is no mention on such luminaries as Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu or Sanson, as they had no influence on the development of cartography of the area in question, although their works included maps of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Silesia and Livonia. &#8220;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapmakers \u00a0\u00a0 Mapmakers of the Historic Lithuanian Area These records have brief summaries of the principal mapmakers\u2014 cartographers, engravers and publishers \u2014 whose works are illustrated at this site. The first mention of a relevant mapmaker on the map illustration pages is linked to the appropriate page in this section. (Information is based on a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/braun-georg\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braun, Georg<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23772,"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1453\/revisions\/23772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/lithuanianmaps\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}