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Dated 1749 Nieprzecki/Mayer/Homann Heirs: "MAGNI DVCATVS LITVANIAE..." in the 1st State. Sourced from the National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library: http://www.kb.dk/maps/ This important map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Magni Dvcatvs Litvaniae), dated and first published in 1749 in Nuremberg (Norimbergæ), Germany, by Homann Heirs (Homannianorum Heredum), was created by Tobias Mayer (Tobia Mojero), mathematician, astronomer and mapmaker, based upon a ma

Left image: Chausy/Чаусы - Detail from a 1926 Russian Military map, sourced from Indiana University Bloomington's collection: https://digitalcollections.iu.edu/collections/n8710x07k?locale=en Right image: Herschel Danilovich and his son, Kirk Douglas: https://www.myheritage.com/research?s=-2&action=query&formId=master&formMode=1&qname=Name+fn.Herschel+fnmo.1+fnmsvos.1+fnmsmi.1+ln.Danielovitch+lnmo.3+lnmsdm.1+lnmsmf3.1+lnmsrs.1&qbirth=Event+et.birth+ey.1883+me.1+epmo.similar&q

February 15, 2017: Julius Pranevičius, then Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in New York, with Andrew Kapochunas and his wife, Aileen Bassis, at the opening of Andrew's exhibition: "300+ Years of Lithuania on Maps, 1552-1862," at the Lithuanian Consulate in New York. On April 10, 2026, Julius Pranevičius became Lithuania's new Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations in New York City, replacing Rytis Paulauskas, who became the Republic of Li

https://lietuvoskartografija.lt/lithuanianmaps/index.php/my-articles-about-maps-and-stamps-of-lithuania/ As I prepare for the inevitable shutting down of the static website LithuanianMaps.com (in 2027?) and for its successor site: https://lietuvoskartografija.lt/lithuanianmaps/ to be the sole location of the 4,300+ map images and text I created from 2008-21, I want to make certain that all the articles I have written, all the map-related presentations I have given, and