Maciej Stryjkowski

Maciej Stryjkowski (also referred to as Strykowski and Strycovius; c. 1547 – c. 1593) was a Polish historian, writer and a poet, known as the author of Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia and all of Ruthenia (1582). The work is generally considered to be the first printed book on the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.