Letter #633
Mark LAURIJN to Ioannes DANTISCUSBruges, 1531-05-30
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Were it not for Dantiscus' well-known benevolence, Laurijn should hesitate to write to such a venerable person. Now, however, he even dares to invoke the help of this honored prelate, who is an assiduous patron of the Republic of Letters. Livinus Panagathus has started constructing a terrestrial globe commissioned by Laurijn. It will be of huge size and easy to rotate in all directions.
Laurijn asks Dantiscus to lend him his map of the newly discovered islands, without which the globe would be incomplete and imperfect. He will treat it with the utmost care and return it as soon as possible. He sends Lieven Algoet as messenger.
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