1/7/2024 0 Comments Antique maps orteliusGood condition! Few splits professionally repaired. Original antique print For a 30 discount enter MAPS30 at chekout Centerfold reenforced. The relatively modest cartouche shows a partially covered Europa sitting on the back of Zeus in the form of a placid bull, both gazing toward Europe.Ĭartographer: Abraham Ortelius (1527 – 1598) 'Asiae Nova Descriptio' Copper etching from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598). It is easily recognised by the four medaillons with classical citations (2 by Cicero and 2 by Seneca). Reference: Shirley 158 This is the third version of the world map by Abraham Ortelius. Parts of the North African coast are based upon Gastaldi’s Africa map of 1564. Finely engraved with a stippled sea, sailing ship, compass rose and tents in Russia. 'Typus Orbis Terrarum' World Map Ortelius. Abraham Ortelius Antique Maps / South East Asia Maps / Indonesia Maps. The Southeastern part of this map is based upon Gastaldi’s first map of Asia of 1559. On May 20, 1570, Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum first appeared in an edition of 70 maps. Ortelius also published a map of Egypt in 1565, a plan of Brittenburg Castle on the coast of the Netherlands, and a map of Asia, prior to 1570. That innovative numbering system was introduced in Marcel van den Broecke’s first edition of Ortelius Atlas Maps: an Illustrated Guide, published in 1998. The only extant copy of this great map is in the library of the University of Basel. Russia is based on Jenkinson’s 1562 Russia map. K.467 the maps in Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum are catalogued by van den Broecke numbers - the map of Greece is vdB.146. Scandinavia is drawn from Olaus Magnus’ 1539 Scandinavia map. In 1554 he took over an antiquarian bookshop that mainly deals with the coloring, distribution and publishing of maps. The treatment of Great Britain is based upon Mercator’s 1564 Great Britain map. Large A1 Size Abraham Ortelius Cyprus & Crete Old Antique Map 2 Maps on 1 Sheet, Minor. Mapping of Greenland and Iceland from Mercator’s 1569 world map. The first edition Ortelius’ map of Europe. The map is based upon several important maps of Europe, including Gerard Mercator’s 1554 map of Europe.
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