"Germaniae veteris typus" Copper etching by Jacobo Monavio (Jacob Monau 1546 Breslau - Breslau 1603) Etched for Abraham Ortelius Published by Willem Blaeu Amsterdam, 1645. Place names They derive partially from latinized Celtic origin or were given by the Romans during their long imperial rule. Map reaches from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea and from the Netherlands to Vistula river and Romania.

Maps, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea, Vistula River, Ortelius

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"Germaniae veteris typus"

Copper etching by Jacobo Monavio (Jacob Monau 1546 Breslau - Breslau 1603)

Etched for Abraham Ortelius

Published by Willem Blaeu

Amsterdam, 1645

This historical map of Germany shows Germany and her adjacent countries. Place names, names of rivers, mountains, geographical and political areas as well as tribal names are in Latin language. They derive partially from Latinized Celtic origin or were given by the Romans during their long imperial rule. Map reaches from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea and from the Netherlands to Vistula river and Romania.

The Silesian Jacob Monau was one of those outstandingly well educated humanists, who taught in several European universities.

Original antique print

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Map is clean. Centerfold has been backed. Map has wide margins. Reverse side of map has Latin text.

38 x 48,5 cm (ca. 15 x 19")
Keywords:
some of the countries included: Italy (Italiae pars), Switzerland, France Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium; Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Denmark
Northern Europe, Ancient Germany; Rhine (Rhenus); Danube (Danubius); Parergon; Russia (Sarmatiae), Gaul (Galliae pars); Adriatic Sea (Hadriatici Sinus); North Sea (Oceanus Germanicus)