Gabriel Barrius Francicanus see Barrio, Gabriel.
Gaguin (1425-1502) commented on works by Cæsar in French (published in Paris in 1539), as also on the work of Florus "Lucii Ænnæi Flori: De tota Historia Titi Livii Epitome" published in 1471 at the Sorbonne, Paris, France. His best known work is a French history to which Ortelius probably refers (Ort37), and "Compendium de origine et gestis Francorum", first published in 1495, and regularly revised until the end of his life. By the end of the 16th century it had run through 20 editions, and by 1514 seven translations had been published.
Normandy Bk.7: Ort37.3, 37.5.
Gaius Julius Solinus see Solinus Gaius Julius.
Galatæus Antonius (1444-1517) was a physician who wrote about geography, e.g. "De situ Japygiæ" (Ort121,140), Basel 1558, "Descriptio urbis Gallipolis", "De situ elementorum, de situ terrarum, de mari et aquis et fluviorum origine" Basel 1558.
Ort139.10, 210.16, 210.17;
Treatise on Iapygia: Ort121.10, 121.16, 140.2, 140.8.
Galenus (abt. 130-200 A.D.), the "Prince of Physicians" was a prominent physician whose ideas were regarded as infallible until the publication of Vesalius’ "De corporis humani fabrica (1534). He wrote "De Medicam Simplic." (Ort149,193,216) and "Methods" (Ort229).
Ort199.40, 200.40, 203.30, 221.15;
De Medicam Simplic.: Ort216.30, Bk.6 Ch.4: Ort193.7, Bk.9 Ch.2: Ort149.15;
Methods, Bk.9, Ch.8: Ort229.13.
Galfridus Monomuthensis (abt. 1100-1154) or Geoffrey of Monmouth was an Welsh bishop who wrote "Historia regum Britanniæ" Libri XII".
Ort16.3, 16.5a, 16.5k, 16.14, 19.12, 19.21, 21.10, 21.27.
Gallus, Vincentius (late 16th century) wrote "Mirror of Histories (Ort1,2) which appeared in 1595.
Ort232.12;
Mirror of Histories Bk.2: Ort1.44, 2.44.
Galvanus, Antonius (died in 1557) was governor of the Moluccas in the East Indies. He wrote "Tratato que compós o nobre e notauel capitao Antonio Galvano", Lisbon, Portugal 1563. Ortelius only knows Galvanus through Maffeius who may have published manuscripts by Galvanus. Galvanus is mentioned as the author of "On the New World" (Ort165).
On the new world: Ort165.24.
Gama, Vasco de (1469-1524) was a Portuguese explorer who first sailed around Africa and landed in Calicut. He died in Cochin, India
Ort8.15.
Garcias ab Horto (16th century) was a Portuguese writer and physician to the viceroy of India who wrote about the diamonds of India.
Ort175.4.
Gardnerus, Georgius is mentioned in the cartouche on the second, full page map of Wirtemberg as its maker, Ort113.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Wirtenberg map as its maker, Ort113.
Garibayus Stephanus de Mondragone (16th century) of Spain published a chronicle of Spain "Los quatrente libros del Compendio historial de las cronicas y universal historia de todos los Reinos de Espanna" (Ort25,31), Antwerp 1571.
Chronicle of Spain: Ort25.8;
Bk.15, Ch.9-15 Ort31.12.
Garzo, Giovanni (1419-1493) of Bologna, humanist and teacher, also of Stella Erasmus, is claimed to be the author of "De rebus Saxoniæ, Thuringiæ, Libanothiæ, Misniæ et Lusatiæ" which was actually written by Stella Erasmus.
Ort96.7, 96.8.
Gasparus Varrenus see Barreiros, Caspar.
Gastaldi, Iacobo or Giacomo (1505-1566) from Villafranca, Piemont, Italy, worked in Venice. He designed more than 100 maps and worked with the Venetian publisher Ramusio. Ortelius used three of his world maps for his own world maps, Gastaldi’s 3 maps together covering Asia for his own maps of Asia (Ort6,7) Tartaria (Ort163), Indiæ (Ort166), Persici (Ort167), Turcici (Ort168,169), and Anatolia (Ort174). Further, Gastaldi’s Africa map was used by Ortelius for his Africa (Ort8), Presbiterii (Ort175), Marocchi (Ort177) and Africa Propriæ Tabulæ (Ort218). Gastaldi’s Greece map was used for Ortelius’ Græciæ (Ort146), Romaniæ (Ort159) and the Parergon maps Ort203, 214 and 212. Gastaldi’s Italy map was used by Ortelius for his Italiæ (Ort117,118), Gastaldi’s Piemont for Pedemontanæ (Ort128), Gastaldi’s Padua map for Patavini (Ort121,122), his Apulia for Apuliæ (Ort121,140) and Gastaldi’s Sicilia for (Ort141,211).
Mentioned in the cartouche of the first and second Italy map as its maker, Ort117,118, also mentioned as the maker of the half sheet maps of Patavini (first and second, Ort121a and 122a) and Apuliæ, (first and second, Ort121b and Ort140a); also as the maker of the Pedemontanæ map Ort128, of the Romaniæ map (Ort159) and the Greece map (Ort146); further in map texts:
Ort215.8.
Gaudentius Merula see Merula Gaudentius.
Gaulfridius see Galfridus Monomuthensis.
Geldenhauer, Gerhard (16th century) was a Dutch writer who wrote "Historica Batavica" (Ort79,230).
History of Holland: Ort79.21, 230.11-12.
Gelenius (early 16th century) from Basel, Switzerland, published and commented on Marcellinus Ammianus, 1533 and also on Josephus (Ort183).
Ort182.23;
Comments on Iosephus: Ort183.23.
Gellius Aulus (2nd century A.D.) wrote "Noctes Atticæ" first published in Venice, 1472. He quotes Varro’s Oration (Ort193) and Plinius (Ort196).
Ort221.24;
Bk.2 Ch.22: Ort196.12, Bk.7 Ch.3: Ort216.18, Bk.14 Ch.6: Ort224.13;
Quoting Varro's Oration: Ort193.55, 193.64;
Quoting Plinius: Ort196.91.
Gemblacensis Sigebertus see Sigebertus Gemblacensis.
Georg Merula see Merula Georg.
George Lilye see Lilye, George.
George of Austria, Don see Don George of Austria.
Georgieuiz, Bartholomew, also: Bartholomaeus (early 16th century) from Hungary was held captive by the Turks, and once released and returned, published some specimens of Turkish in his "De Turcarum ritu et ceremoniis" (1544).
Ort169.9.
Georgievitz see Georgieuiz.
Georgius, Ludovicus see Barbuda, Luis de.
Georgius of Austria (16th century), ruler of Harlebeck, Cardinal and Archduke is the person to whom Ortelius dedicated his two-sheet map of Ancient Britain (Ort190,191) and his later single sheet map of Ancient Britain (Ort192), as mentioned in their cartouches.
Mentioned in the cartouche of Ort190 as the person to whom this map has been dedicated.
Georgius of Chemnitz (1494-1555) was a scholar with very broad interests . His work "De natura fossilium" is considered the first manual on mineralogy, but he also wrote on politics and history.
Ort96.11.
Geraldus see Giraldus Cambrensis.
Gerardus Cremonensis see Cremonensis Gerardus.
Gerardus, Ioannes (late 16th century) was an English botanist who was in contact with Charles de l’Escluse.
Ort65.14, 66.14.
Gerardus Noviomagus see Geldenhauer Gerhard.
Gerbelius, Nikolas (died 1560 in Strassburg) was a student of Erasmus and wrote two geographical works, "Nikolas Gerbelius in descriptionem Græciæ Sophiani præfatio" Basel 1545 and "Phorcensis pro declaratione picturæ sive descriptionis Græciæ Sophiani libri VII", a book with maps of ancient Greece. He also published a description of Greece written by Michael Sophianus in Basel.
Ort146.14.
Germanicus Iulius Cæsar (15 B.C.-19 A.D.) was the adopted son of Tiberius. Next to his military victories in Germany, he was also a successful poet. He also had knowledge of astronomy. Ovidius dedicated his "De Fastis" to Germanicus.
Ort222.13.
Gesnerus, Conradus (1516-1566) was a humanist physician wrote "Bibliotheca Universalis" and "Commentaries" (Ort224).
Commentaries: Ort224.57, 224.58.
Geumus, Iacobus (?).
Bk.1 Ch.20: Ort136.9.
Ghebellinus, Stephanus (16th century) made a map of Venaissin which appeared in 1574.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Venuxini maps as its maker, Ort49c
Ghistele see Ghistelius.
Ghistelius, Jodocus (late 15th century) was mayor of Gent, Belgium. In 1485 he travelled to Palestina and published a description about this journey (Ort147).
Ort170.8;
Journey to Jerusalem: Ort147.11.
Gildas Sapiens, Saint (abt. 516-573) was a British monk who wrote "De excidio et conquestu Britanniæ".
Ort19.19, 192.62.
Gilles, Petrus Gillius (1490-1555) was a natural scientist who travelled in the Mediterranian and Orient area. He wrote "De Topographia Constantinopoleos et de illius antiquitatibus libri IV" (Ort 159) and "De Bosphoro Thracio libri III" (Ort174) which was printed by Cardinal Armaniac in Lyon in 1561. His work "Cosmæ Indopleutes" is mentioned in (Ort166).
Ort146.15, 213.14, 214.35;
On Constantinople: Ort159.8;
Bosphorus : Ort174.3;
Cosmæ Indopleutes: Ort166.8.
Giovanni Battista Caraffa see Caraffa.
Giovanni Battista Egnazio see Egnazio Giovanni Battista.
Giovanni Nanni see Annius of Viterbo.
Giovanni Verrazzano see Verrazzano Giovannini.
Giovio, Benedetto see Jovius Benedict.
Giraldus, Lilius Gregorius Cambrensis (1176-1223) was a professor at Oxford, England, familiar with Ireland and Wales, who wrote "Topographia Hiberniæ" as also "De illaudabilibus Walliæ", "Itinerarium Cambriæ" (Ort21) and "Syntagmata Deorum" (Ort212). It has been said (Ort133) that he had such a strong memory that he never forgot what he had read only once.
Giraldus is once mentioned on mapsheet Ort191;
Ort16.18, 21.8, 22.4, 22.29, 23.2, 23.4, 23.6, 133.4, 133.17, 192.56, 192.62;
Syntagmata Deorum : Ort212.26;
Itinerarium : 21.25a.
Girava, Hieronymus (16th century) was a Spanish cosmographer who published "Cosmographia y Geographia" Milan, Italy 1555 (Ort8) which contains interesting details about America and a rare map of the region.
Ort1.42, 1.68, 2.42, 2.68, 3.45, 9.74, 10.24d, 10.24e, 11.73-74, 13.7, 15.2, 15.4, 15.21;
Geography: Ort8.23.
Giustiniani, Agostino, also: Augustinus Justinianus (1470-1536), Bishop of Genoa, later Pope, wrote "Historia Genuensi" (Ort125), Genoa 1537, "Codex" (Ort8,19,41,209,212,217,218,227,228,229), "Novellæ" (Ort219,221), "Digestarum Liber" or "Digestæ Liber" or "Digests of Civil Law" <= laws originating from Iustinianus, first volume of "Corpus Iuris Civilis"> (Or212,228,229) which appeared in many editions, "Authentica" (Ort214) and "Institutionum iuris" a popular school manual for teaching law, which was in great demand.
Digestæ Liber: Ort212.5, 228.12, 229.1;
History of Genua: Ort125.10;
Codex: Ort41.1, 41.2, 41.9, 41.11, 41.55, 206.20, 209.16, 209.18, 212.18, 217.15, 227.15;
Bk.1: Ort218.4, Bk.1 Ch.27: Ort218.10; Bk.2: Ort8.1, 8.3, 8.5; Bk.12: Ort19.1, 19.9,
Novellæ: Ort219.5, 221.6;
Digestarum Liber: Ort228.12;
Authentica: Ort214.12.
Glareanus, Henricus (1488-1536) was a poet and geographer. He published and commented on Tacitus’ "Germania" and Dionysius of Halicarnasseus. He also wrote a practical geographical work called "De geographia liber unus", Basel 1527, and a poetical description of Switzerland "Helvetiæ descriptio". He also drew a world map in 1510.
Ort4.3, 5.3, 115.4, 115.5, 115.12, 197.2, 198.2.
Glaser, Sebastian (1520-1578), Chancellor of Henneberg, Germany, wrote a "Genealogica" (Ort95) which was published through the Council of Henneberg, Germany.
Pedigree: Ort95.12.
Glycas, Michael (died shortly before 1204) was a Greek Imperial Secretary and author who quotes Anastasias (Ort196).
Ort214.31, 216.17;
Quoting Anastasias: Ort196.23.
Gobelinus Severinus (?) wrote a book on amber (Ort94). Possibly, this book was sent to Ortelius by Jacob Monau from Breslau, in 1581, see Hessels 106.
Ort91.9;
Amber: Ort94.10.
Godoyus, Diegus (?).
Ort9.33, 11.36.
Godreccio (?) Poland Ort154
Mentioned in the cartouche of the first and second Poland map as its maker, Ort154,155.
Goes, Damianus à (1501-1573) from Spain was a productive writer on geography. He wrote (1) "Urbis Ulyssiponensis descriptio" Evora, Spain 1554; (2) "Hispania" (Ort25), Louvain, Belgium 1542 containing some critical comments on Münster and interesting statistics; (3) "Commentarius rerum gestarum in India citra Gangem, a Lusitanis" Louvain 1539; (4) "Fides, religio moresque Ethiopium sub imperio presbyteri Ioannis" (Ort175), Louvain 1540, 1545, Cologne 1574 and more; (5) Chronicles about King Emanuel and others.
Ort4.4, 5.5, 26.8, 29.6, 30.7;
Hispania: 25.8, 25.15, 25.16
About Ethiopia: Ort175.20;
Goia, John see Campanus, Flavius.
Gollut, Louis (1535-1565?) wrote "Mémoires de la République Séquoinoise et des Princes de la Franche-Comté de Bourgogne" (Ort51), which was published in Dôle, France in 1592.
The County of Burgundy: Ort51.10.
Golzius, Hubertus (1526-1583) who lived in Antwerp and Brugge was a very close friend of Ortelius, with whom he co-operated closely. They shared a passion for coins and medals. Together with Marc Laurin, a merchant of Brugge and also an avid collector of coins, he travelled throughout Europe to acquire old coins. Ortelius dedicated his wall map of the World to Laurin, and his wall map of Asia to Golzius. Golzius wrote "Julius Cæsar sive historiæ imperatorum Cæsarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutæ" (Brugge, 1563) on ancient coins (Ort141), as well as "Fastos magistratum et triumphorum Romanorum ab urbe condita ad Augusti obitum ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum monumentum restitutos dedicavit (Brugge, 1566) on the same subject and on marble statues.
Ort129.17, 224.40;
On ancient coins: Ort141.6.
Gomara, Lopez de see Lopez de Gomara.
Gomez, Berhardinus (died in 1585) was bishop of Aragonia, Spain and wrote "Vita Jacobi I Aragoniæ", life of James I of Arragon> (Ort25,30), which also contains information on the Balearic Islands.
Iames T., King of Arragon Bl.7: Ort25.12, Bk.9, 12 & 13: Ort30.6, 30.7.
Gonsalvo, Ioannes (?) wrote "China" (Ort13).
Ort164.22;
China: Ort13.9.
Gonzalez de Mendoza, also: Ioannes Antonius (16th century) of Spain went to China in 1576 as requested by King Philip II and wrote down his experiences of China. This report was published in Spanish in Rome and Madrid in 1585, in Italian in Venice 1590, in Latin and German in Frankfurt 1589.
Ort9.38, 10.38, 11.41.
Gonzales Oviedus see Oviedus Gonzales.
Goropius Becanus see Becanus Ioannes Goropius.
Goudtsmit, Andreas (?) of Breslau wrote a book on Prussia in Latin and German (Ort157).
Book about Prussia in Latin and German: Ort157.25.
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius (about 164-133 B.C.) was an astute Roman politician and orator, of whose speeches fragments survive.
Ort193.53.
Grammaticus Saxo see Saxo Grammaticus.
Gratarolus Guilielm (1510-1562) was a physician of Bergamo who moved to Germany as a Lutheran. He wrote "De regimine iter agentium vel equitum vel peditum, vel navi, vel curru seu rheda" (Ort4,5) Basel 1561.
De Regimine Iter Agentium: Ort4.7, 5.8.
Gratius "the Poet" (first century A.D) was an Augustan poet, mentioned by Ovidius. He wrote a Latin poem "Cynegetica" on hunting of which 536 hexameters have survived.
Gratius is mentioned once on mapsheet Ort191;
Ort190.8, 190.44, 192.18, 193.54, 193.56, 196.21, 209.14.
Gravianus, Ioachimus Axonius (?) was interviewed by Ortelius as an eye witness of Daphne (Ort232).
Ort232.16, 232.33;
Interviewed by Ortelius as an eye-witness of Daphne: Ort 232.33.
Gregor of Tours see Gregory of Tours.
Gregory of Tours (abt. 540-594) was a bishop and a prolific writer of historical works converning wonders and martyrs. He wrote "Historia sive Annales Francorum" published by Du Haillan in Paris, 1576. Gregor also wrote "Epitome de rebus gestis Francorum" and "De gloria martyrum".
Bk.3: Ort54.2.
Gregoras Nicephorus (1290/91-1359/60) was a Greek historian who wrote a Roman History " in 38 Books, of which the first 11 Books were translated into German by Hieronymus Wolf from Öttingen, Germany, This was published in 1562 in Basel, Switzerland, in 1567 in Paris, France, and in 1568 and 1587 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Ort163.9.
Gregory Turonensis see Turonensis Gregory.
Grimbergen, Guilelmus (?), the most dignified chairman of Antwerp, is the person to whom Ortelius dedicates the second Geographia Sacra map, Ort179
Gruber, Magnus (16th century) wrote a history of the river Rhine "Rhenum fluvium carmine descripsit Bernhardus Mollerus, eundem Magnus Gruberus soluta oratione". It may be that this work had not yet appeared in Ortelius’ time. In the 1580 Synonymia Ortelius describes this work as not yet having appeared.
Ort56.8, 57.9.
Gruterus, Janus (16th century), publisher and commentator of Apuleius’ "De Mundo" and Florus, Heidelberg, Germany, 1597.
Grynæus, Simon (1493-1541) published the work of the Armenian historian Haitho who first became a monk in Cyprus and later in Poitiers, France where he died early in the 14th century. The itinerary "Histoire merveilleuse du Grand-Khan" was the first systematic geography of Asia from the Middle Ages by Haitho. A translation under the title "De Tartaris sive Liber historiarum partium Orientis" appeared in 1529 in Hagenau, Germany. It was bound together with his "Novus Orbis regionum et insularum veteribus incognitarum una cum tabula cosmographica et aliquot aliis consimilis argumenti libellis", 1532, which also contains the treatise "De insulis noviter inventis" by Ferdinand Cortez. He also published the "Almagest" by Ptolemæus.
Guagnino Alexander (1548-1614) from Verona, Italy wrote a history of Poland published in Frankfurt in 1584 and "Descriptio Sarmatiæ Europææ" (Ort157,158,162), Krakau 1578, also included by Ramusio.
History of Sarmatia: Ort157.18, 158.7, 162.8.
Gualterius Ludovicus see Lud, Walther.
Gualterus Ludovicus see Lud, Walther.
Guiccardini, Ludovicus (1523-1589) was a nephew of the Florentine historian Franceso Guicciardini. He spent the major part of his life in Antwerp, Belgium and wrote there "Descrizione di tutti i Paesi Bassi altrimente Germania inferiore" (Ort61,62,81) Antwerp 1567.
Ort16.22, 58.2, 58.7, 58.44, 60.4, 60.7, 63.3, 63.6, 65.13, 66.13, 67.5, 67.10, 67.13, 68.6, 69.5, 69.10, 70.5, 70.10, 71.5, 71.10, 72.14, 73.14, 75.5, 75.7, 76.7, 77.5, 77.7, 78.8, 79.17, 79.21, 79.25, 79.27, 80.42, 197.2, 198.2;
Lower Germany: Ort61.10, 62.10, 81.9.
Guido of Ravenna, see Ravenna, Guido.
Guilandinus, Melchior (16th century), a physician from Königsberg Germany, later professor at Padua, Italy, published and commented on Plinius Caius Secundum’s "Historia Naturalis" as "Commentarius in Plinium de Papyro", Venice 1572.
Ort174.5a, 174.10.
Guilloterus, François de la (16th century) In 1595 Adam la Planche wrote Ortelius (Hessels letter 279) that he had obtained from Pierre Pithou a manuscript map of île de France, attributed to François de la Guillotière (Meurer p. 161).
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Isle de France map as its maker Ort41
Guntherus (12th century)of Pairsis, Elzas, France wrote a poem called "Ligurinus sive de rebus gestis Imp. Cæs.Frederici I libri X", a description of the battles which Frederick Barbarossa fought with the Milan people whom he calls Ligures. This poem was discovered in a monastery by C. Celtis who gave it to K. Peutinger who published it in 1507. In 1531 an edition appeared by J. Spiegel in Strassbourg. In 1569 a new edition was published by Otto von Freising in Basel, Switzerland which also included a biography of Friedrich I. His main work to which Ortelius does not refer is "Historia Constantinopoliana" dealing with the conquest of Constantinople.
Ort49.3.
Guyet, Lezin (1515-1580) made a lost original map of Anjou, published in Paris in 1573, dedicated to the Duke of Anjou (Meurer p. 162).
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Anjou map as its maker Ort40.
Guzman, Nunnius, also: Nunnius Pincianus or Pintianus (16th century) from Spain published and commented Mela’s "De Situ Orbis" and Plinius Caius Secundus’ "Historia Naturalis", Salamanca, Spain 1544, Antwerp, Belgium 1547, and Frankfurt, Germany 1569. He participated in a military expedition to New Galicia from 1528-1531, conquering Jalisco and Culicania.
Ort9.35, 10.35, 11.38, 199.12, 200.12;
Quoted by Plinius Bk.3 Ch.8: Ort211.7.
Gyraldus Cambrensis see Giraldus Cambrensis.
Gyraldus Lilius Gregorius (born in 1479) from Ferrara, Italy wrote a book about navigation "De navigiis et navigationibus, seu de re nautica libellus" Basel 1540.
Ort217.7.
Gyrton (400-344 B.C.) was a Greek who appears on Greek coins. He is addressed by Petronius (Ort196). NB Ortelius’ Gyrton must be a different one, since Petronius (first century A.D.) cannot address Gyrton of 4th century B.C.
Addressed by Petronius: Ort196.39.