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
History of cartography
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Maps have been one of the most important human inventions, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way. When and how the earliest maps were made is unclear, but maps of local terrain are believe
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
…summary of sixteenth-century cartography. The publication of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography (approximately 1570s–1670s). The atlas contained virtually no maps from the hand of Ortelius, but 53 bundled maps of other masters, with the source as…
The world according to Hekatæus, 500 BC
The world according to Herodotus, 440 BC
Modern version of the Roman Tabula Peutingeriana (5th century).
Catalan Atlas drawn and written in 1375, conserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. (Scroll left or right)