Ramusio, Ioannes Baptista (1485-1557), a Venetian historian wrote "Periplus" (Ort224) and "Letters" (Ort8). He refers to two books by Arrianus, viz. "Arriano: lettera intorno al Mare Maggiore" and "Nearcho, Navigatione la quale scritta Arriano". Also to Diodorus Siculus’ "Diodoro Siculo: Navigatione di Jambolo". He is best known for republishing a collection of travel reports as "Raccolta di navigazioni e viaggi", Venice 1550, 1556, 1559 and more. The authors he published include Cadamosto, Hanno, Vasco da Gama, Alvarez, Amerigo Vespucci, Thomas Lopez, Gio da Empoli, Barthema, Diodorus Siculus, Andreas Corsali, Francis Alvarez, Nearchus, Barbosa, Poggio, Hieronymus di St. Stephano, Transilvanus, Antonius Pigafetta, Juan Gaietano, Marco Polo, Joseph Barbaro, Ambius Contarini, Albert Campense, Paulus Jovius, Arrianus, Giorgio Interiano, Hippocrates, Petrus Quirinus, Sebastian Cabot, Zeno, Guagnino, Mattheus à Michow, Martyr, Oviedo, Cortez, Nunnius Alvarez, Nan. Guzman, Francis Ulloa, Marco di Nizza, Pizarro, Francis Xeres, Verazzano and Cartier. Gastaldi assisted in the engraving of a number of maps to illustrate the texts within this book.
Ort213.20, 224.58;
Periplus: Ort224.55;
Letters: Ort8.15.
Rantzow, Heinrich of (1526-1598) was an Earl from Sleswig and Holstein. He studied law and wrote "Chronicon Alberti Stadensis" which was published by Reineccius in 1587. He corresponded with Mercator and Braun and drew a map of Denmark.
Ranzanus, or Ranzane, Petrus (1420-1492) was a Dominican from Palermo, Sicily, Italy who became bishop and was in Hungary for three years as a delegate of Ferdinand of Naples. He wrote "De rebus Hungaricis" (Ort150), which was published by Sambucus in Vienna in 1558.
Ort152.7, 153.7, 203.15;
Abridged Histories of Hungary: Ort150.13.
Raphelengius, Franciscus (1539-1597) junior or Frans van Ravelingen was a philologist and publisher from Leiden who published and commented on Cæsar: "C. Julii Cæsaris omnia quæ extant" Leiden 1593. He corresponded with Ortelius.
Ort193.5.
Rauwolph, Leonard (16th century) was a botanist who had contacts with Charles de l’Escluse. He wrote "Oriental Journal (Ort173).
Oriental Journal: Ort173.17.
Ravenna, Guido or Georgius (died in 1520) quotes Iginus’ writings about the cities of Italy 600 years ago (Ort117,118).
Quoting Iginus' writings about the cities of Italy six hundred years ago: Ort117.5, 118.5.
Raymond, Baptist (?) wrote "Arab geography" (Ort19).
Arab Geography: 19.10a.
Raymundus Marlianus see Marlianus, Raymundus.
Regino of Prüm (died in 915) wrote a Chronicle "Chronica" describing the deeds of the Franks and other German peoples. It was published by Rotenhan in 1523. Another edition appeared in Frankfurt in 1583.
Ort67.10.
Regrewil, Wolfgang
Mentioned in the cartouche of the half sheet Buchaviæ map as its maker, Ort98a
Reichersdorf, George (16th century) wrote the rare publication "Moldaviæ quæ olim Daciæ pers, chorographia, Georgio a Reichersdorf Transilvano auctore, Viennæ 1541" (Ort155), bound with a work by Bronovius and Georg Werner about Transylvania, Moldavia and Chersonesus Tauricæ, and published by Arnold Mylius in Cologne in 1595.
Ort153.7;
Moldavia: Ort155.17.
Reichersdorfer see Reichersdorf.
Reichendorff see Reichersdorf.
Reigersberg, Ioannes see Reygersberg.
Reijcke, Jodocus de see De Reijcke.
Reineccius, R. (1541-1595), history professor at Frankfurt on the Oder and later in Helmstedt published a work by Burchard called "Borchardi (Monachi germanici) circa annum 1283 descriptio terræ sanctæ et regionum finitimarum. Item Salignacio (Barth. de) itinerarium hierosolymitanum ex bibliotheca Alvenslebiana" in Magdeburg, Germany 1587. He also published the "Chronicon Sclauorum" of Helmold, a priest from Busow who lived in the time of Barbarossa. Also: Travels of Marco Polo in Latin, Helmstedt 1585, as also Rantzow’s "Chronicon Alberti Stadensis" in 1587. He also published the work "Geschichte der Markgrafschaft Meissen". Finally, his publications include "Syntagma de familiis quæ in monarchiis tribus prioribus rerum potentiæ sunt" (Ort154,155), Basel 1574 and "The origins of the Mysni" (Ort96).
On noble families: Ort154.15, 155.15;
The origins of the Mysni: Ort96.4, 96.11.
Reisnerus, Adams (16th century) wrote "Seven Books" (Ort170) including one on "Jerusalem".
Seven Books: Ort170.9.
Resende, Andreas (1498-1573) from Evora, Portugal wrote "De antiquitatibus Lusitaniæ" <= about the antiquities of Portugal> (Ort11,26) 1593.
Antiquities of Portugal: Ort11.27, 26.8.
Reych, Erhard is mentioned in the cartouche of the third and fourth (half-page) map of Bavaria as their maker, Ort111a, 112a.
Reyneckius, Reinerus see Reineccius.
Reygersberg Janus (16th century) wrote "Chronyk en Historie van Zeeland" (Antwerp 1551), republished by Boxhorn in Middelburg, Zeeland, the Netherlands 1634 (Ort61,62). Possibly Ortelius possessed this work much earlier in manuscript form. He is also author of "Annales" (Ort78), which probably refers to the same "Chronicle".
Chronicle or Annals: Ort61.7, 62.7, 78.8.
Rhedinger, Nicolaus (?) is mentioned in the cartouche of the first and second Silesiæ map as the person to whom this map has been dedicated, Ort102, 103.
Rhellicanus, Johan, or Müller von Rhellicon (died in 1542) published works by Cæsar (Ort115) and a poem called "Descriptio montis Stockhornii".
Ort197.2, 198.2;
Commentaries on Cæsar: Ort115.5, 115.12
Rhemnius see Priscianus.
Rhenanus Beatus (1486-1547) published and commented on Tacitus’ "Germania" (Ort112,227,230). Also: Velleius Paterculus’ "Historia Romana, 1522. Also: a report on the war between the Goths and Vandals by Procops as "Rerum Germanicarum libri III", in Basel Switzerland, 1531.
Ort44.1, 56.7, 57.8, 67.11, 112.8, 115.4, 228.6, 228.8;
German Histories: 227.3, Bk.1: Ort112.10, 230.3-4, 230.6, Bk.3: Ort230.9.
Rheticus, Georg Joachim (1514-1576) was a mathematician who worked with Schöner and Copernicus and disseminated Copernican’s views in "Narratio prima de libris revolutionum", published in Danzig in 1539.
Rhodius, Appolonius see Appolonius Rhodius.
Richard Hakluyt see Hackluyt Richard.
Richer, Christophe (16th century) from Sens, France, who served King Francois I, wrote a history about the origins of the Turks, Paris 1540, and a biography about Tamerlan.
Ort168.8, 169.8.
Ricuzzi Velini, Johannes see Camers.
Rijcke, Jodocus de, see De Reijcke.
Rithaimer, Georgius (16th century) was a professor at the university of Vienna who wrote a geographical textbook called "Georgii Rithaymeri de orbis terrarum situ compendium ad Hieronymum Vueyrer Præpositum Reycherspergensem" (Ort105,106,144,145), published by Johann Petreium in Nurnberg in 1538.
Ort1.33, 2.33, 3.36, 4.6, 5.7, 93.10, 93.22, 100.4, 104.10, 143.2, 143.6, 145.20, 152.7, 152.10, 153.7, 161.27, 161.74, 170.7;
Abridgement of the situation of the world: Ort105.2, 105.5, 106.2, 106.5, 144.15, 145.12, 145.14f.
Rivander, Zacharias (died in 1549) wrote a Thüringen Chronicle which was published in Frankfurt in 1506 and in 1581.
Ort96.4.
Robianus, Balthasar (?) from Antwerp, treasurer and friend of Ortelius is the person to who Ortelius dedicates his map of Aeneæ, (Ort223).
Roccoxius, Nicolaus (16th century) was a Patrician and Senator of Antwerp and a friend of Ortelius.
Roccoxius, Nicolaus mentioned as the person to whom the Pacific map and the Europam Celticam map are dedicated, (Ort12 and Ort189).
Roelvingius, Werner (?).
Ort91.4, 91.8.
Rogerius, Petrus (16th century) or Pierre Rogier made a lost original map of Poitou, published in Paris by Franois Desprez (Meurer p. 224), and used by Ortelius.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Poitou map as its maker Ort38
Roger of Hoveden see Hoveden, Roger of.
Rogers, Daniel (1538-1590) was an English humanist and a good friend of Ortelius (according to his text of Ort16, 17 & Ort19) who wrote "Customs and Laws of the Ancient Britons" (Ort16, 17,19,20), not yet published in 1571, and "Ireland" (Ort22).
Customs of the Ancient Britons: 16.18, 17.11, 19.59, 20.16;
Ireland: Ort22.40.
Romulus Amaseus, see Amaseus Romulus.
Roseus, Francois de (1534-1607) from Toul, France wrote the work "Stemmata Lotharingiæ ac Barri ducum" <origins of the dukes of Lorraine and Berry> (Ort50,63), Paris 1580, in which he attempted to prove that the rulers of Lotharingen descend from Charlemagne, and derive a claim to the French throne from this.
Dukes of Lorraine: Ort50.12, 63.6.
Rotenhan Sebastian (1478-1532) studied in Erfurt, Germany with Konrad Celtis. He published a Chronicle written by Regino of Prüm on the Franks and other German peoples in 1521, and published a map of Franconia which served as a model for all maps of Franconia published in the 16th and 17th century, including that of Ortelius (Ort100).
Mentioned in the cartouch of the half sheet map Franciæ Orientalis as the maker of this map, Ort100a
Roy, Samuel (16th century) wrote a booklet on the wars of the Thiemarsers and Danes.
Thietmarsian history: Ort89.7
Rubeus Hieronymus (early 16th century) wrote a "History of Ravenna" (Ort204,205).
History of Ravenna Bk.2: Ort204.10, 205.10.
Rubricius, William (1220-1270 A.D.) or Willem van Rubenck or Ruysbroek was a Friar in the order of St. Franciscus who wrote "Itinerarium ad partes orientales" referred to by Ortelius as "Travels through Tartaria" (Ort163) of which Ortelius possessed a manuscript dated 1254.
Travels: Ort163.9.
Rubruquius see Ruysbroek.
Ruffinus Tyrannius(c. 435-510) of Aquileya was a Church Father who translated "De Principiis" of Origenes and also a church history of Eusebius into Latin. He also wrote "Apologia", addressed to bishop Anastasias of Rome, as also "Commentaria Symbolum Apostolorum".
Ort184.2.
Rufius, Ioannes Sextus Anienus (died in 1284), also called John Red, from Cornwall was a Dominican monk who wrote "Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum" <chronicle of priests and emperors>.
Ort16.5a, 18.2, 129.16, 144.10, 145.7, 149.6, 149.7, 193.72, 196.5, 196.85, 203.20, 212.16, 214.3, 214.10, 214.26, 216.4, 216.5, 218.4. 232.23.
Rufus Festus Avienus see Avienus Rufus Festus.
Rufus Ioannes see Rufius Ioannes.
Rusticus, Fabius (1st century A.D) was a Roman historian and a friend of Seneca who wrote "Epistle for Saint Ambrosius" (Ort196). Note that either Ortelius’ reference is incorrect, which is most likely since Saint Ambrosius lived in the 4th century A.D. or that we are here dealing with a different Fabius Rusticus who I cannot identify.
Ort19.10d, 190.2, 190.35, 192.9;
Epistle to St. Ambrosius: Ort196.61.
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (fifth century A.D) was of Gallo-Roman descent. He became a prefect under Emperor Honorius although he was no Christian. He wrote the poem "De reditu suo" describing his sea voyage to Gallia in 416.
Ort204.2, 204.7, 205.2, 205.7;
Bk.2: Ort204.9, 205.9, 209.13, 209.15-17.
Ruvere, Franciscus Maria II (?) is the person to whom Vrients dedicates the Urbini map in its cartouche (Ort135).