500 years ago, in 1518, the first printed map of Bohemia was published. Its author was Mikuláš Klaudyán († cca 1521), physician and printer from Mladá Boleslav. The cca 1:618 000 scale map is rich in decoration and is not only a cartographic but also an art piece.
Klaudyan’s map; history of cartography; Nicolaus Claudianus
ISSN 0300-4414 (print)
ISSN 2788-3485 (online)
founded 1968
Published by Society for the History of Sciences and Technology http://www.sdvt.cz
Pavel Mervart Publishing http://www.pavelmervart.cz/
