Extremely rare map of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Second edition with a portrait of King Sigismund III Vasa. Comes from Cornelis de Jode’s atlas “Speculum Orbis Terrae…”. published by Vidua et Heredus Gerardi de Iudaeis in Antwerp, 1593.

De Jode’s maps are extremely rare because the publication of his atlas was deliberately obstructed by his cartographic rival Abraham Ortelius. The rival blocked the publication of De Jode’s “Speculum Orbis Terrae” for more than five years. Ortelius’ interference led to commercial failure few copies of the atlas were sold.