Algoet, Lieven
Lieven Algoet (Late 1400s - January 25, 1547) was a Southern Netherlandish humanist, secretary to Erasmsus, and an erstwhile mapmaker. He was born in Ghent to a large family of no great distinguishment. He attended university at Louvain, studying philology and languages. Erasmus employed him after university, apparently more as an adopted son than as a secretary. This was fortunate, as Erasmus proved disappointed with Algoet's lack of diligence. Nevertheless, Algoet would find employment with the diplomat Cornelis de Schepper. During this service, he began producing maps, including a world map, which has not survived (and for which he appears not to have been paid). Schepper served King Christian of Denmark and was considered an expert in the northern regions. This may have informed Algoet's map of Scandinavia, although that map was unlikely to have been produced before the 1539 Olaus Magnus. The manuscript is lost, but a single example of this six-sheet map, printed posthumously in 1562, survives and shows a clear debt owed to the 1539 Olaus Magnus Carta marina. In 1570, Algoet's map would be committed to a single plate for separate issue by Gerard De Jode, and the map would appear in both the 1578 and 1593 editions of the De Jode atlas.
First Atlas Map dedicated to Scandinavia.
Septentrionaliū Regionum Suetiae Gothiae Norvegiae Daniae et terrarium adiacētium recens exactaque description per Livinum algoet Auctorem Gerardus de Jode excudebat.
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This is Gerard De Jode's rare map of Scandinavia, the first folio map specifically focused on the area, in its 1593 edition published by the younger De Jode, Cornelis. It is the fullest realization of the Olaus Magnus Carta marina to appear in an atlas. (more details)