This map of Silezia was published in 1635 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Willem Blaeu">Willem Jansz. Blaeu</a> (1571-1638) in his Atlas Novus. Blaeu based the map on the 75-year old example of the German cartographer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Helwig" class="extiw" title="en:Martin Helwig">Martin Helwig</a> (1516-1574). This map was also used by other Dutch cartographers such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Ortelius" class="extiw" title="en:Abraham Ortelius">Abraham Ortelius</a> (1527-1598), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_de_Jode" class="extiw" title="en:Gerard de Jode">Gerard de Jode</a> (1509-1591) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Janssonius" class="extiw" title="en:Jan Janssonius">Jan Janssonius</a> (1588-1664).
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