Wacker à Wackerfels, Matthæus (1560-1619) Councillor of his Majesty the King and Chancellor of the city of Breslau and friend of Ortelius is the person to whom the Utopia map (Ort234) is dedicated. See further under the remarks of the Utopia map.
Warnefried see Paulus Diaconus.
Weissenburger, Wolfgang (1496-1575) from Basel wrote a description about the Holy Land "Terræ Sanctæ descriptio ordinem alphabeti" Strassburg 1536 (Ort172) and commented on Dominicus Niger’s Geography, 1557.
Ort170.8; 172.19.
Werdenstein, Ioannes Gregorius (?) of the churches of Augustana and Eychstet, Duke of the Bavarian Council and librarian is the person to whom Ortelius dedicates hsi map of ancient Dacia and Moesia (Ort212).
Werner, Georg (late 15th-16th century) wrote together with Bronovius a work on Moldavia, Transylvania and Chersonesus Taurica which was published by Mylius in Cologne in 1595. In 1505 Werner wrote "Hypomnemation de admirandis Hungariæ aquis" (Ort150).
Ort116.8;
The strange waters of Hungary: Ort150.13, 150.16, 150.19, 150.22.
Wheathamstead, John (died 1464) was Abbot of St. Albans, England.
Ort19.12.
Widmanstade, Albert see Witmanstade.
Wied, Antony (1508-1558) became a court painter in Stettin, travelled through Lithuania and Russia and designed a map of Russia, called a map of Moscow (Ort189) by Ortelius. This map was not used for the Theatrum since Jenkinson’s map was considered to be superior.
Map of Moscow: Ort189.10.
Widukind von Corvey see Witichindus.
William Camden see Camden, William.
William of Newbury see Newburg, William.
Willichius Jodocus (1501-1552) from the Elsas published and commented on Tacitus’ "Germania". He also wrote "Germania ad rem publicam Argentinensem" and "Epitome rerum Germanicarum usque ad nostra tempora".
Ort56.8, 57.9, 158.7.
Wimman Nicolaus, also Winman (16th century) wrote "Navigationis maris arctoi", Basel 1538, and "De arte natandi" 1538.
Ort160.17.
Wimphelius, Iacobus of Sletstade (1450-1528) was the most conservative of the leading German humanists. H was professor of poetry and rhetoric at Heidelberg and wrote "Philippica", "Agatharcia", and "Adolescentia".
Ort56.7, 57.8.
Wissenburgius see Weissenburg.
Witichindus Saxo (born abt. 925) wrote "Res gestæ Saxonicæ ab Henrico et Ottone I Imp." which deals with Saxony (Basel, 1532). He was a Benedict monk in Corvey from 940 onwards.
Ort93.4, 93.22.
Witmanstade, Albert (?).
Ort193.5.
Wolf, Hieronymus (died in 1516) from Öttingen, Germany translated the first 11 Books of Gregoras Nicephorus’ "Historia Byzantina" in 38 Books into German. This was published in 1562 in Basel, Switzerland, in 1567 in Paris, France, and in 1568 and 1587 in Frankfurt, Germany. He also translated the Lexicon written by Suidas which he published in Basel in 1564 and 1581.
Wolfgang Lazius see Lazius, Wolfgang.
Wright, Edward (late 16th to early 17th century) was an English geographer who co-operated with Jodocus Hondius. He wrote "Certain errors in Navigation" which appeared in 1599.
Ort183.31.