File:Transylvania1572.jpg

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English: Original copper engraving, finely hand colored in wash and outline, published 1573 in a German text edition of the Atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' at Christopher Platin in Antwerp. This is the first plate of the Transsylvania map by A. Ortelius published in the German text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (this plate has 5 lines of text rather then 4 as in the 2nd plate, which was published after 1575). This map was published only from 1570 towards the Latin edition in 1575. Ortelius based this map on the Cartographical sources of Sambucus in 1566. A highly decorative 16th century map of Transsylvania
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Source Atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' at Christopher Platin in Antwerp
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Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q232916
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  • 1612 version
    1612 version
  • Sambucus Map
    Sambucus Map

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