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Abraham Ortelius (/ ɔːr ˈ t iː l i ə s /; also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 4 or 14 April 1527 – 28 June 1598) was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands.
Jun 30, 2024 · Abraham Ortelius was a Flemish cartographer and dealer in maps, books, and antiquities, who published the first modern atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum (1570; “Theatre of the World”). Trained as an engraver, Ortelius about 1554 set up his book and antiquary business.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Abraham Ortelius, the principal cartographer of the sixteenth century and the editor of the first modern atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum. Find out how he traveled, collected, and published maps and antiquities, and earned the title of geographer to King Philip II of Spain.
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Abraham Ortelius is a key figure in the history of human knowledge. He is known as the inventor of the atlas - a book bringing maps together in one format and with the same display - and was the...
Feb 22, 2020 · Learn about the life and work of Abraham Ortelius, a 16th-century cartographer who created the first book of maps, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Discover his famous world map, his sources of information, and his mythical sea monsters.
May 20, 2018 · Learn how the Belgian cartographer Abraham Ortelius proposed the idea of continental drift in his world atlas published in 1570. See six maps that illustrate his theory and how it influenced the science of plate tectonics.
Jan 2, 2024 · This resource guide compiles a list of atlases, print bibliographies, digital images, and published reference sources about the sixteenth-century Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius available at the Library of Congress.
