1547 1997

MAŽVYDIANA IN THE WORLD

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The World of Mažvydas times, in which the Lithuanian Catechism appeared

Typus Orbis Terrarum Antwerpen (1570). 1587 This version of the famous Ortelius  World Map shows the corrections to the South American coastline and other alterations made after  1587.. /Christie's Collectors Guides  ANTIQUE MAPS by Carl Morelaand and David Bannister. Oxford /

A world map from the 16th century and a world map of today. Red dots in the map below indicate  events  occurred  there in  1997–98 concerning the Mažvydas Book Celebration. You can read and hear more about them in THE YEAR OF THE LITHUANIAN BOOK, CD-ROM.

Commemorations of the Catechismus Jubilee in today's world

To Beginning of Exposition © Institute of Mathematics and  Informatics, 1998.
Contact address: paveldas@mch.mii.lt. Page updated  2001.02.10