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