'Martin Heilwig' (
1516-
1574) was a
cartographer from
Silesia. He was born in
Neisse and died in
Breslau,
Holy Roman Empire. (While his region has had strong ties to both the
German and
Polish cultures and political histories, his name and affiliations were strongly German.)
He was a student of
Martin Luther and
Philip Melanchthon.
In 1561 he
copper-
etched a map, a single-sheet
cartouche of Silesia, which he published under the title "Silesiae Typus" and dedicated to
Nicolaus Rhedinger. His map was later republished in several versions of
Abraham Ortelius's pioneering world atlas "
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".
External links
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Breslau, Silesia, Germany map c 1600
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