Zacharias Lilio see Lilius Zacharias.
Zanchus Chrystostomus see Chrystostomus Zanchus.
Zell, Christoph (16th century) of Nurnberg together with his brother Anselm published "De situ ac mores regnorum omnium.." (1533, Nurnberg)
Zell, Heinrich (1518-1564) Prussia
Mentioned in the cartouche of the half sheet Prussia map as its maker, Ort88b
Zeno, Antonie & Nicolai (born abt. 1380) wrote letters during their travels to Iceland and North America in the late fourteenth century, as reported by Nicolò Zeno, see below.
Ort11.29, 12.17, 12.24, 12.26, 160.10, 160.11, 160.12, 160.13, 160.16, 160.17.
Zeno, Nicolò (1515-1565) has as his ancestors Antonie and Nicolai Zeno. Nicolò was a writer and geographer in service of his home town Venice. His main work is "Dei commentarii dell viaggio in Persia di M. Caterino Zeno … et dello scoprimento dell’isole Frisland, Eslanda, Engrovelanda, Estotilanda et Icaria, fatto sotto il Polo Arctico da due fratelli Zeni, M. Nicolò il K. e M. Antonio", Venice, 1558, supposedly containing letters written by his ancestors, see above, and containing a map of the Northern regions. Ortelius used some place names from the map contained in this book showing the Northern seas and islands. Zeno also wrote "Eclogs" (Ort161).
Ort167.10, 186.5;
Eclogs: Ort161.17.
Zichme (?).
Ort12.17.
Zieglerus, Jakob (1470-1549) was a German astronomer and geographer who wrote "Syria" and "Schondia" Strassburg 1532. His cartographic activities are mentioned on the maps of Palestina, Egypt and Scandinavia.
Ort84.6, 85.8, 86.8, 147.11, 148.4, 148.8, 149.8, 160.3, 160.9, 160.17, 170.8, 172.19.
Zonaras Ioannis (16th century) wrote "Byzantine History" 1560, and "Annales" 1578.
Ort192.28, 216.17.
Zosimus (late 5th century A.D.) was a Greek historian who wrote 4 books in Greek about the Roman empire from Augustus to 410 A.D when the Visigoths sacked Rome. Being a pagan, he attributes the decline of the empire to the rejection of pagan gods.
Ort36.10, 190.40; 192.14, 192.22, 199.17, 200.17, 203.31, 212.18, 226.5, 231.28, 232.2, 232.6, 232.12, 232.23, Bk.1: Ort182.4, 183.4. 214.32, 214.34;
Histories Book 1 Ort190.13