Macedonia, Homeland of Alexander the Great.

J Janssonius/ Johann Lauremberg "N. Visscher excudit." Macedonia. "Macedonia Alexandri M. Patria Illustris. Auctore J Laurenbergio." Amsterdam J. Janssonius 1650
Copper engraved map of the ancient country of Macedonia after Laurenberg by Janssonius. Original colour; verso blank.
The map shows the whole of Macedonia at the time of Alexander the Great, with Thessaly and Epirus to the South
Large decorative title cartouche [original colour] to lower right corner and scale to lower left with a strangely top hatted figure surrounded by putti. Sailing ships to sea.
The map first appeared in Janssonius' "Atlantis Majoris Quinta Pars, Orbem Maritimum" and later in 1552 in the 6th Volume entitled "Accuratissma Orbis Antiqui Delineatio Sive Geographia vetus, sacra,& profana." Good dark impression, bright colour; slight discoloration down centre fold due to guard on verso; slight creasing to right of centre fold; short tear [8mm] to lower edge; old ink number to upper right corner.

Johann Wilhelm Lauremberg (1590-1658).was a philologist, mathmatician and satiric poet.
He studied from 1605 in Rostock. Between 1612 and 1617 he undertook educational trips to Holland, England, France and Italy. Among other things, he studied medicine from 1613 to 1616 in Paris. From 1618 to 1623 he was Professor of Poetry at the University of Rostock and thereafter until his death Professor of mathematics at the Knight Academy in Soro. His maps appeared in the atlases of Blaeu, Jansson, Hondius and others
His atlas "Græcia Antiqua" was published after his death in 1660 by Janssonius, edited by Samuel Puffendorf.

Johannes Janssonius (approx. 1588-1664)
came from a family of printers and publishers and learned the book printing trade at an early age. In 1612 he married the daughter of Jodocus Hondius and thus became a member of one of the most important publishing families in the Netherlands. During the 1630s he went into partnership with his brother-in-law Henricus Hondius and published more editions of the Mercator/Hondius atlases with the addition of the name Jansson. He grew their publishing house in the fields of geography and cartography and published newly compiled world, sea and city atlases, always competing with the Blaeu publishing house. His main works were the "Atlas Majoris Appendix" (1639), the six-volume "Atlas Novus" (1638 ff.) and the monumental "Atlas Major" comprising eleven volumes (1647).
Zacharakis 1905/1276 .Koeman II; Me.164 [614] 412 by 573mm (16¼ by 22½ inches).   ref: 2505  €650