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
Title page from a 1606 edition with female figures representing the continents
Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
Turkish Empire
Russia and Tartary
Atlas
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An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Advances in astronomy have also resulted in atlases of the celestial sphere or of othe
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
…Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: , "Theatre of the Lands of the World") 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 consisted of a collection of…
The Maghreb (south-up) in Muhammad al-Idrisi's Nuzhat al-Mushtāq (نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق), also known as the Tabula Rogeriana (12th century).
Imperii Orientalis et Circumjacentium Regionum by Guillaume Delisle (1742)