Atlas Ortelius 1571

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Abraham Ortelius: Atlas Ortelius 1571, collection KB

Author



Alternative names	Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description	cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death	14 April 1527	28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work location	Antwerp
Authority file	: Q232916 VIAF: 32104723 ISNI: 0000000108564124 ULAN: 500011462 LCCN: n50002381 NLA: 35401660 WGA: o/ortelius Open Library: OL1472073A DBNL: orte001 Oxford Dict.: 20854 GND: 118736590 SELIBR: 214080 SUDOC: 034356142 BNF: 12511995r BPN: 06002613 NDL: 00718508 BIBSYS: 90829734 NKC: jn20011211108 SBN: VEAV011727 BNE: XX847145 CiNii: DA05200120 NLP: a0000002300378 RKD: 60986 J9U: 987007266116805171 Koninklijke: 069075301 NLK: KAC202323911 WorldCat

Translator

Peeter Heyns (1537–1598)
Description	writer
Date of birth/death	1537	February 1598
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Haarlem
Authority file	: Q15434706 VIAF: 32094928 ISNI: 0000000079729822 LCCN: no2009136644 Open Library: OL2218221A DBNL: heyn002 GND: 100354734 SUDOC: 033800723 BNF: 12462501k Koninklijke: 074170139 WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

Theatre, oft Toonneel des aerdt-bodems ; waer inne te siene sijn de landt-tafelen van de geheele weerelt: met een corte verclaringe der seluer

Atlas Ortelius 1571, collection KB

Publisher

Gillis Coppens van Diest

Printer

Gillis Coppens van Diest

Object type

version, edition or translation / atlas

Description

From the Wikipedia article Theatrum Orbis Terrarum:

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ("Theatre of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp, it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound to form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically engraved. The Ortelius atlas is sometimes referred to as the summary of sixteenth-century cartography.

Language

Dutch

Date

1571 / between 1571 and 1584

Publication date

between 1571 and 1584

Medium

ink on paper

Collection

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

	Native name	Koninklijke Bibliotheek
	Location	The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 04′ 50″ N, 4° 19′ 36″ E
	Established	8 November 1798
	Authority file	: Q1526131 VIAF: 102145970121932251120 ISNI: 0000000123699000 ULAN: 500307428 LCCN: n79130800 NLA: 36189008 WorldCat