Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
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Description
Abraham Ortelius, a Flemish mapmaker, published the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum at Antwerp in 1570. Its name means Theatre of the World. He gathered the best maps of his day, cut to one size and bound as a single book.
Seventy maps show the whole known world and its regions, built from the work of many mapmakers whom Ortelius credits. Merchants, rulers, and scholars could now see the earth in one ordered set of pictures. Historians call it the first modern atlas, and it taught Europe what the world looked like for generations.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 559 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |