Dalèchamps, Jacques (1513-1588), published and commented on "Historia Naturalis" by Plinius Caius Secundus as "Notes sur l’histoire naturelle de Pline". He also quotes Athenæus (Ort196).
Ort203.34, 214.5, 222.11;
Based on Athenæus: Ort196.28.
Dalechampus see Dalèchamps.
Damascensis see Damascenus.
Damascenus, Nicolaus (first century B.C.) was a writer and historian from Damascus. Later, he fled to Persia. He is quoted by Josephus (Ort183) and by Strabo (Ort232).
Quoted by Iosephus: Ort183.6;
Quoted by Strabo: Ort232.25.
Damianus à Goes see Goes Damian.
Dante, Egnatio (?) is mentioned in the cartouche of the Perugia map (Ort136) as its maker.
David (see below?)(?) wrote a letter to Pope Clement VII (Ort175).
Letter to Pope Clement the Seventh: Ort175.10.
David Chytræus see Chytræus, David.
De Coronado, Francis Vasquez (?).
Ort11.40
De Gomara, Francisco Lopez (1510-after 1557) entered the service of Hernando Cortes and joined him to Algeria. He obtained information from Cortes about his travels to America and recorded this in "Hispania Victrix", Saragoza 1552, French edition Paris 1578.
Ort11.47.
Delphini, Ioannes (?), a cardinal from the bishopric of Vicenza, is mentioned in the cartouche of the Bologna map (Ort124) as the person to whom this map is dedicated.
De Poldo Albenas (died 1395) was a Benedict monk from Hameln, Germany, who wrote "Chronicon ecclesiæ hamelensis ".
De Reijcke, Iodocus (16th century) from Mechelen, Belgium, a Franciscan, went to a monastery in Quito, Peru, and provided Ortelius with letters describing Peru. He wrote "Letters to the Guardian of the Franciscans" and "Letters to the Flemish Friars" (Ort15).
Letters to the Guardian of the Franciscans & Letters to the Flemish Friars: Ort15.17.
Delft, Eduard van der (?) is one of the persons to whom Ortelius dedicated his map of Ancient France, (Ort196)
Demosthenes (c. 384-322 B.C.) was the greatest of the Athenian orators. Demosthenes was studied by Cicero, and Quintilianus exhorted students of rhetoric not only to study his speeches, but to commit them to memory. His works were printed in Venice, 1504, and in Greek with comments in Latin by Erasmus, Budé and others in 1532 in Basel.
Ort226.7.
Deventer, Iacob van (abt. 1505-1575) was the illigitimate son of a clergyman born near Deventer, the Netherlands. He studied medecine and mathematics in Louvain, worked as a physician and started drawing maps in 1537 of various parts of the Low Countries. He is considered the father of Dutch cartography, and developed triangulation methods together with Gemma Frisius. Ortelius used his maps of Brabant, Holland, Friesland and Zeeland. Some placenames from van Deventer’s Gelriae map were used in Ortelius Brabant maps.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Brabant map as its maker, Ort65
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Zeeland map as its maker, Ort78
Deventer, Jacob van is mentioned in the cartouche of this map as its maker, Ort79
Ort80.39.
Diaconus Paulus see Paulus Diaconus.
Dictys Cretensis (10th century B.C.?) of Cnossos, Crete, was the supposed companion of Idomeneus during the Trojan war, and author of a diary of events. This manuscript in Phoenician script is supposed to have been found, protected by a leaden box, after an earthquake in Nero’s time. It was translated into Latin as "Historia Troiana" by Lucius Septimius in the fourth century A.D. It was first printed in 1498. The siege of Troy was one of the greatest subjects for medieval story-tellers, who drew prophecies from and parallels between the history of the Troyan war and events of their own day.
Ort224.3, 224.26;
Bk.6: Ort224.30.
Diego de Torres see Torres Diego de.
Diego Fernandez de Palencia see Fernandez Diego.
Diegus Godoyus see Godoyus Diegus.
Diegus Torresius, also Diegus de Turribus see Torres, Diego de.
Digestæ Liber see Giustiniano.
Digests of Law see Giustiniano.
Diodorus Siculus (first century B.C.) from Sicily wrote a popularising encyclopedic history "Biblioteke" in 40 books of which 15 have survived, covering the earliest history of the East to Cæsar’s time. He is referred to by Ramusio as "Diodoro Siculo: Navigatione di Jambolo". A work by Diodorus Siculus was published by Estienne (Paris, 1559). Diodorus also wrote "On Pytheas" (Ort161). He is quoted by Plinius (Ort217) and quotes Hesiodus (Ort211).
Diodorus is mentioned once on mapsheet Ort191;
Ort8.14, 22.3, 25.8, 141.2, 166.8, 174.18, 182.25, 182.28, 189.7, 190.2, 190.4, 190.6, 190.11, 190.15, 190.18, 190.26, 190.30, 190.35, 190.37, 190.41, 190.47, 190.50, 190.55, 190.65, 190.68, 191.9, 191.10, 192.4, 192.7, 192.9, 192.11, 192.15, 192.21, 192.31, 192.42, 192.47, 192.71, 192.72, 193.16-19, 193.21, 193.24, 193.30, 193.50, 193.51, 193.54, 194.5, 194.8, 194.16, 194.17, 194.29, 194.31, 196.12, 196.15, 196.35, 196.46, 196.49, 196.108, 196.113, 196.115, 196.116, 207.7, 207.9, 207.11, 208.7, 208.9, 208.11, 211.4, 211.7-8, 216.14, 216.18, 216.21, 217.2, 217.6, 217.8, 218.3, 219.9, 219.11, 219.14, 219.18, 220.2, 221.13, 221.15, 221.17, 221.18, 221.21, 221.23, 221.32, 221.33, 221.41, 222.3, 222.8-10, 222.13, 222.14, 222.18, 222.20, 226.12, 226.31, 226.40, 226.54, 226.56, 226.61, 226.69, 226.75, 226.86, 226.92, 231.22,
Bk.1: Ort174.5a, 222.51, Bk.1-5: Ort1.16, 2.16, 3.16, Bks. 2 & 19: Ort182.28, 183.25, 183.28, Bk.4: Ort226.10, Bk.5: Ort34.9, 36.21, 141.6, 141.13, 196.15, 196.35, 217.20, Bk.6: Ort197.16, 198.16, Bk.16: Ort149.5, Bk.17: Ort221.30, 222.51, Bk.18: Ort7.7;
On Pytheas Bk.2: Ort161.11;
On the authority of Hesiodus: Ort211.3;
Quoted by Plinius: Ort217.18.
Diogenes Laërtius (third century A.D.) was a biographer of Greek Philosophers. He wrote a "Vitæ et sententiæ philosophorum", (Ort186), the Latin translation being provided by Ambrosius Traversarius, which was first printed in Rome in 1485. This also contains "Life of Pyrrhus Eliensis" (Ort203). He quotes Archelaus the Chorographer (Ort222).
Ort194.5, 194.14, 194.29, 226.2;
Biography: Ort186.17;
Life of Pyrrhus Eliensis: Ort203.16;
Quoting Archelaus the Chorographer: Ort222.2.
Ort224.39.
Diogenetus (first century A.D. or earlier) was a Roman author who is quoted by Plinius (Ort222).
Quoted by Plinius: Ort222.2.
Dion, Cassius Nicæus (160-229 A.D.) was a prominent Roman senator who wrote a "Rerum Romanorum", a history of Rome" first printed in 1551, and about Roman defeats on the Isle of Candia (published in Venice, 1548).
Ort193.30, 212.14, 214.26.
Dion, Prusæus (first century A.D.) was a Roman orator who wrote "Orations" (Ort166,216,222,224) and "Oration to Bundvica" (Ort190,192). The following works which Ortelius attributes to him, namely "Life of Nero" (Ort63,172,190,191,192), "History of Hadrianus" (Ort216), "Life of Emperor Traianus" have not been written by him. Dion Prusæus quotes Homerus (Ort212) and is quoted by Xiliphine (Ort192), Theodosius (Ort199) and Causabonis (Ort212).
Ort82.2, 83.2, 189.20, 189.26, 190.6, 190.19, 190.20, 190.33, 190.37, 192.11, 192.33, 192.36, 192.64-66, 194.18, 196.16, 196.17, 199.15, 200.15, 203.2, 203.4, 203.5, 203.8, 204.7, 205.7, 212.2, 212.4, 212.12, 213.13, 214.26, 214.27, 218.3, 218.19, 220.3, 221.28, 221.36, 222.4;
Bk.39: Ort190.3, 190.36, 190.60, 192.10, 196.8, 197.18, 198.18, 207.15, 208.15, Bk.49: Ort203.4, Bk.53: Ort199.17, 200.17, Bk.55: Ort197.18, 198.18;
Life of Emperor Traianus: Ort212.7;
Life of Nero Ort190.16, 190.19, 190.52, 190.57, 191.7, 192.27, Bk.27: Ort172.7, Bk.40: Ort63.2;
14th Oration: Ort224.33, 31st Oration: Ort216.18, 222.30; 35th Oration: Ort166.8;
Oration to Bunduica: Ort190.18, 190.56, 192.32;
History of Hadrian: Ort216.7;
Quoting Homerus: Ort212.13;
Quoted by Xiliphine: Ort192.14;
Quoted by Theodosius: Ort199.60, 200.60;
Quoted by Causabon: Ort212.16.
Dionysius Alexandrinus see Alexandrinus, Dionysius.
Dionysius Halicarnasseus (last part first century B.C.), "a writer of good credit", was a Greek who lived in Rome for most of his life. As a literary critic he wrote in Greek a number of treatises on subjects such as oratory, and "On the arrangement of words", dealing with word order and euphony, also containing Sappho’s "Ode to Aphrodite". As a historian, he had a great interest in the history of Rome, expressed in his "Roman Antiquities", which is a valuable supplement to Livius’ "Ab urbe condita". It contains the often repeated statement that "the style is the man".
Ort204.4, 205.4, 207.5, 208.5, 209.8, 209.14, 209.30, 210.10, 210.12, 214.37, 218.6, 223.2-5, 223.7-10;
Bk.1: Ort204.7, 205.7, 207.6, 207.7, 208.6, 208.7, Bk.6: Ort207.3.
Dionysius Periegetis Apher or Afer (second century A.D.) lived in Alexandria and wrote in hexameter verse about seas, coasts and islands of the world as then known. The first comments on this work are provided by Eusthatius (from 1166 onwards Archbishop of Thessaloniki, Greece). Further he was published and commented on by Cuspinianus, by Jo. Camers (Vienna, 1512) and by Robert Estienne (Paris, 1547). From letters referred to in Antonin’s "Itinerar." it appears that Andreas Schott gave a copy of the poem written by Dionysius Apher called "Der Perieget" (Ort199,200) published by Rufus Festus Avienus and commented on by Macer (Ort199,200) and Eusthatius (Ort192,221,222), as also a copy of the "Itinerarium" by Claudius Rutilus Namiatus in the hope that Ortelius could convince Plantin to publish them. Afer is cited by Columella (Ort218).
Ort1.13, 2.13, 3.13, 31.2, 31.5, 189.6, 189.7, 190.28, 191.7, 191.15, 192.2, 192.17, 192.78, 193.9, 199.7, 199.8, 199.11, 199.13, 199.36, 199.37, 200.7, 200.8, 200.11, 200.13, 200.36, 200.37, 203.37, 209.14-16, 211.2, 211.9, 217.17, 217.22, 219.2, 221.2, 222.10, 222.26, 223.14, 226.2, 226.4, 231.26, 232.21;
Periegesis: Ort199.34, 200.34;
Commented on by Macer: Ort199.11, 200.11;
Commented on by Eusthatius: Ort190.65, 192.42, 221.27, 222.30;
Quoted by Columella 218.7.
Dionysius Uticensis (2nd century B.C.) translated Mago’s 28 books from Phoenician into Latin, and sent the result to prætor Sextilius.
Ort203.28, 203.30.
Dioscorides, Pedianus (second half on first century A.D.) wrote "De Materia Medica", first published in 1499, about medicinal plants (Ort210). He was commented on by Angerius Busbechius (Ort149).
Ort190.16, 190.52, 192.28, 193.21, 193.54, 196.19, 196.84, 203.30, 211.6; Bk.2 Ch.110: Ort193.18, Bk.6 Ch.14: Ort217.12;
De Medica Materia Bk.1, Ch.98: Ort210.14;
Commented on by Angerius Busbechius: Ort149.14.
Divæus, Petrus (1536-1581) of Louvain was a historian from Brabant, Belgium. His main works are "De antiquitatibus Galliæ Belgicæ, adde, qualis sub imperio Romano" (Ort44,45) Antwerp 1566, and "De antiquitatibus Brabantiæ". He also wrote comments on Procopius (Ort78).
Ort44.4, 58.7, 79.21;
Antiquities of Gallia Belgica: Ort44.7. 45.7;
Commenting on Procopius: Ort78.11.
Dociades (?) is quoted by Plinius (Ort217).
Quoted by Plinius: Ort217.7.
Dominicanus (?) wrote "Annals of the City of Celmar, Germany" (Ort186).
Annals of the city of Celmar: Ort186.18.
Dominicus Niger, see Niger Dominicus.
Don George of Austria (16th century), was Archduke and Governor of Harlebeck. He wrote Ortelius a letter in 1595, thanking him for the last Theatrum Additamentum which he had just received (Hessels 273).
Ort25.10.
Dousa, Ianus (1545-1604) was the first curator and librarian of the University of Leiden. He wrote comments on Catullus (Ort222).
Commenting on Catullus: Ort222.33.
Dryander, Ioannes Hassiae
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Hassiæ half sheet map as its maker, Ort92a, 95b
Duarte Barbosa see Barbosa, Duarte.
Duarte Lopez see Lopez Duarte.
Dubravinius see Dubravius.
Dubravius, Ioannes (1486-1553) from Pilsen, Bohemia, was a Czech poet who wrote "Theriobulia" (1520), epic poetry after Æsopic fables commonly called "beast epic". He also wrote about pisciculture in "De piscinis" (1547). Later he became bishop of Olmütz and wrote "Historiæ regni Boiemiæ de rebus memoria", (Prosznitz 1552) a history of Bohemia (Ort101,104).
History of Bohemia: Ort101.6, 101.8, 101.21, 104.2, 104.3, 104.9, 104.10.
Duglossus, Ioannes (1415-1480) wrote a history of Poland (Ort104) which was only published incompletely in 1615. His works are known earlier through Joachim Curæus (Ort154,155).
Ort156.5, 156.6, 156.7, 157.5, 157.6, 157.7;
Polish history: Ort104.10;
Quoted by Ioachimus Curæus: Ort154.17, 155.17.
Du Haillan (16th century) published a French history by Gregor of Tours, France, in Paris, 1576.
Dupinet, Antonius (died in 1584) published and commented on Plinius Caius Secundus’ "Historia Naturalis" in Lyon, France 1542. Also "Plants, pourtraits et descriptions de plusieurs villes et forteresses, tant de l’Europe, Asie et Afrique que des Indes et terres neuves". There are references to his work "Description of cities" (Ort1,2,38) which is probably the work just mentioned.
Ort115.12, 215.8, 221.4;
Cities Ort1.51, 2.51, 3.56, 38.8.