This map of Galicia was published for the first time by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Willem Blaeu">Willem Jansz. Blaeu</a> (1571-1638) in 1635. Later in the 17th century the map was reprinted a number of times for the purpose of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Maior" class="extiw" title="en:Atlas Maior">Atlas Maior</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673) in 1662. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Willem Blaeu">Willem Jansz. Blaeu</a> based the map on a map by a publisher from Antwerp, Jan Baptist Vrients (1552-1610) from 1603. Vrients for his part had used a general map of Galicia by the Spanish cartographer Fernando de Ojea (deceased 1615) from 1602.
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