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Montanus, Petrus
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ft. 1606 - d.???? |
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A Dutch geographer, active in Amsterdam, who worked in association with his brother-in-law, Jodocus Hondius, for whom he prepared the text of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas (1606 and later editions). The map noted below, attributed to Montanus, is the first separately printed one of Maryland; known as 'Lord Baltimore's Map'. It was published by Montanus to attract settlers to the colony.
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