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map has been recovered, too, to be Reginald Wolf(ius) - Dutchman, settled in England since
1530, d. 1573. He was the member of the Muscovy Company, as well, in the following years:
1559, 1564, 1567 and 1572. In the letter we can find one more interesting person, Jan de (van)
Schille (1533 - 1586), who was an Antwerp painter and engraver and could be also engaged
in creating the genuine map, maybe even responsible for the decorative part of it. In the
letter he is the person who was allowed by Wolfius to keep one of the 25 copies of the map.
The original copy of the letter quoted in Hessels's Ortelius' correspondence, too (Hessels
J.H., 1887, letter number 43) had been indicated by Peter Barber - then the Head of the
British Library Manuscript Department (Barber, P., 1989). Unfortunately, the letter is still the
only document in which genuine Jenkinson's map had been mentioned, and even not quite
directly. We can only presume that mentioned 25 copies were not a full size of its edition,
and therefore ask where is the rest (if there were any at all) of the 24 copies which are
missing, if we take into account only those mentioned in the letter.
As far as the above mentioned differences in arrangement and the content of cartouches are
concerned - in Ortelius' rendition the title cartouche is placed in the left hand bottom
corner, but on the genuine map in the upper left corner. Close to the title cartouche in
genuine copy there is another very important one in which all the regions belonging to
Moscovia at that time are mentioned. De Jode's title is also placed in the left upper corner but
only with the name of Jenkinson (without information on Henry Sidney). The latter is
distinguished only by name in Ortelius' title cartouche. Then we can read the comprehensive
dedication to this noble man, as the sponsor of the map, only in its genuine copy.
As far as the dimensions of the three maps are concerned they go are as follows: the genuine
copy - 101,7 x 81,7 cm.
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, Ortelius' rendition - 44 x 35,3 cm
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, and de Jode's - 26,3 x 32,6 cm
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.
Quite a long in size horizontally is one more rendition, by brothers Jan and Lucas Deutecum
(Doetecum, too) - 104 x 50 cm
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, which the author kindly received from Dr Aleksy K. Zajcev.
3. How and where the Jenkinson's map of “Moscovia” has been found?
This coincidence took place in the author's domestic city, Wrocław (Poland). It was during a
visit in the cathedral library, that the head of the library informed her about one lady, who
brought him a 16
th
century map. It was obviously extremely exciting news for the author.
The owner of the map, the lady who was a teacher in one of the Wrocław high schools,
decided to sell it. That is why she brought the map to the author (then the head of the
Wrocław University Library Department of the Cartographic Collection). An expertise has
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“
Nova absolutaque Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae, descriptio. Authore' Antonio Jenkinsono Anglo, Clemente Adamo èdita, et a
Nicolao Reinoldo Londinensi aeri insculpta. Anno salutis, 1562”
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“
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo, edita Londini Anno. 1562 et dedicata illustriβ:
D. Henrico Sÿdneo Walliae praesidi”
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”
Moscoviae Maximi amplissimi que Ducatus Chorographica descriptio. Authore Anthonio Iankinsono Anglo”
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„Regionum Septentrionalium, Moscoviam, Rutenos, Tartaros, eorumque hordas comprehendentium, ex Antonij Jenkensonij et
Sigismundi liberi Baronis ab Herberstein itinerariis, nova descriptio. 1569; Joa. & Lucas Duetecum tgraefscap vä Holland Anno
1569 geprint i Hollant in des Gravenhage. 1569; Joa. & Lucas Duetecum tgraefscap vä Holland Anno 1569 geprint i Hollant in
des Gravenhage.
