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Radziwiłł Map
''Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae'', or simply the Radziwiłł map, is a Latin map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania created under the tutelage of Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł. The map was likely first published in 1603 but no surviving copy is known. It was published in the Amsterdam printing house of Willem Blaeu as a wall map from 1613 to 1650s. It was also included in atlases published by Blaeu as a foldable insert in 1631–1649. In 1649, the map was redrawn to shrink it so it could fit on an atlas page. Valued for its accuracy and intricate detail, the map was modified and republished many times by various cartographers until the First partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. History The earliest maps of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania depict it together with other regions of Eastern or Northern Europe, particularly with Russia or Poland. The first map depicting only the Grand Duchy was printed by Gerardus Mercator in an atlas in 1595. The map indicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1613 Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Caeterarumque Regionum Illi Adjacentium
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