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The top portion of the map displays the Pomeranian coast extending to Dantzig in Poland based on a map by Peter Artopaus. The two maps below are of Livonia after Johannes Portantius and the Polish region just to the west of Kracow after Stanislaw Porebski in 1563. It was published in Abraham Ortelius’ ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’, the first modern atlas, from 1573. This example with Spanish text to the verso was published in 1588. Karrow 58/70; Van der Broecke 158.
ORTELIUS, Abraham
Pomeraniae, Wandalicae Regionis, Typ. [with] Livoniae Nova Descriptio [and] Ducatus Oswieczensis, et Zatoriensis, Descriptio
Antwerp, 1573-[88]
380 x 495 mm., fine modern wash colour, in good condition.
Stock number: 5211
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