Abraham Ortelius
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Abraham Ortelius was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Along
Ortelius by Peter Paul Rubens, 1633, after a 1570s engraving by Philip Galle
1570 Typus Orbis Terrarum
Maris Pacifici
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1609
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, it consis
Abraham Ortelius
…a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ('Theatre of the World'). Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish…
Title page from a 1606 edition with female figures representing the continents
Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
Turkish Empire
Russia and Tartary