3. "Transilvania" ("Transylvania") map, by Johannes Sambucus (Janos Zsamboky), printed by Abraham Ortelius, Orbis Terrarum edition, 1566

Map of Transylvania, drawn up by Sambucus after that of Honterus, published in Basel in 1532. Originally, Sambucus printed it in Vienna in 1566, after which Ortelius introduced it into his well-known Atlas. Due to the deterioration of the first brass plate, a new plate was made, which has a partially changed appearance, and the present one was introduced into the atlas as of 1575. It is also known as the four-row map, the old one having five rows in the right-hand inset map. On the back, a text on the history of Transylvania and a list of localities in German, Latin and Hungarian, drawn up by Ortelius himself, are printed.

Dimensions

width 60 cm, height 59 cm, custom 59 × 60 cm

Description

copper engraving, striped paper

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