![]() Over thirty editions of this Epitome were published in different languages. In 1577, engraver Philip Galle and poet-translator Pieter Heyns published the first pocket-sized edition of the Theatrum, the Epitome. The number of map sheets grew from 53 in 1570 to 167 in 1612 in the last edition. Editions had been published in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, English, and Italian. Some 24 editions appeared during Ortelius's lifetime and another ten after his death in 1598. Nothing was like it until Mercator's atlas appeared twenty-five years later. The importance of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum for geographical knowledge in the last quarter of the sixteenth century is difficult to overemphasize. Late 16th century, copperplate engravings with hand color, to include: Saliburgensis Jurisdictionis, locorumique vicinorum vera descriptio Auctore Marco Secznagel, showing Salzburg, Austria and a splendid birds-eye view of the city and its citadel Latin text on the verso (Plate 13-1/4 x 17-1/4 in., sheet 16 x 21 in.) Saxoniae Misniae, Thuringiare, Nova Exactissimaq Descriptio a regional map. The Parergon can be called a truly original work of Ortelius, who drew the maps based on his research. Later editions included Additamenta (additions), resulting in Ortelius' historical atlas, the Parergon, mostly bound together with the atlas. This first edition contained seventy maps on fifty-three sheets. 'Abraham Ortel, better known as Ortelius, was born. In 1570 he published the first comprehensive collection of maps of all parts of the world, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ('Theatre of the World'), the first modern atlas as we know it. It was one of the most expensive books ever published. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Abraham Ortelius is the most famous and most collected of all early cartographers. He completed the atlas in 1569, and in May of 1570, the Theatrum was available for sale. #SALZBVRC ORTELIUS MAP FULL#In 1568 the production of individual maps for his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was already in full swing. In 1565 he published a map of Egypt and a map of the Holy Land, a large map of Asia followed. ![]() The inspiration for this map may well have been Gastaldi's large world map. In 1564 he published his first map, a large and ambitious world wall map. Item Number: 18677 Category: Antique maps > Europe > Austria References: Van der Krogt 3 - 2720:31B Van den Broecke - 108 Old, antique map of Salzburg by Ortelius A. ![]() In addition, he travelled a lot and visited Italy and France, made contacts everywhere with scholars and editors, and maintained an extensive correspondence with them. Luke as an "illuminator of maps." Besides colouring maps, Ortelius was a dealer in antiques, coins, maps, and books, with the book and map trade gradually becoming his primary occupation.īusiness went well because his means permitted him to start an extensive collection of medals, coins, antiques, and a library of many volumes. He learned Latin and studied Greek and mathematics.Ībraham and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth took up map colouring. The maker of the 'first atlas', the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570), was born on 4 April 1527 into an old Antwerp family. ![]()
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