El título es muy adecuado a su contenido: Theatrum se refiere al lugar donde puede verse todo y Orbis Terrarum, al globo terrestre. Our team specializes in taxonomy, ontology, and digital twin modeling for organizations. The maps issued by Ortelius himself are distinguished by intricate cartouches enclosing the titles within interlacing scrollwork with medallions, ships, and other decorative touches. La idea de hacer un atlas moderno fue de Mercator y éste propuso su ejecución a Ortelio para ayudarle a mejorar su situación económica. The Theatrum's maps bear the names of the most celebrated cartographers of the day. The Flemish scholar and merchant Abraham Ortelius (Antwerp, 152798), cosmographer of King Philip II, is the author of this atlas, which contains all the maps of the known world at that time. These varying editions were published in all the major European languages with the maps updated from time to time. The maps were also reduced and published in smaller atlases, which were less expensive and easier to handle. The Theatrum achieved immediate popularity, with four editions printed in 1570, and 42 folio editions printed between 15. Published in Antwerp, which soon took over from Italy as the center of cartographic publishing, the Bell copy seen here is the second issue of the first edition of the Theatrum it contains 38 leaves, 53 hand-colored maps, and Latin text.
Its publication marked an epoch in cartographic history, representing the first uniformly-sized collection of maps of the countries of the world based on contemporary knowledge since the days of Ptolemy. Ashworth, Jr.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), a Flemish cartographer and geographer, is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or Theater of the World. Ortelius worke RM 2K3YNR6 Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio. The Theatrum also includes an engraving of the only portrait made of Ortelius during his lifetime, by Adriaen Thomaszoon Key ( sixth image). Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish mapmaker who is considered to have produced the first true atlas (collection of uniform maps in one book). One of the most arresting engravings in the Theatrum shows the world as mapped by Ptolemy of Alexandria, superimposed on the much larger world known to Ortelius ( fifth image). The second part of the Theatrum contained historical maps, depicting the world as known to ancient geographers, such as a map of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent ( fourth image). We reproduce above: the world map (considerably improved from that of 1570) a map of the New World ( second image above) and the map of Iceland, charming because of the many ferocious sea beasties that fill the North Atlantic south of the island ( third image). The Library’s copy of the Theatrum is the 1592 edition, considerably enlarged from that of 1570 (134 maps instead of 53). It also made the previously poor Ortelius a great deal of money, which meant he could now afford to travel and collect geographical information and improve his maps. The Theatrum was an immediate publishing success, and it went through 23 editions and translations in Ortelius’ own lifetime (he died in 1598). Most of the maps were not original with Ortelius-he borrowed freely from previous cartographers and he fully credited all his sources-but many of the maps, such as the world map, are brand new. It contained 53 maps, and its novelty lay in the fact that the maps were uniform in style, size, and lettering had been engraved especially for this work had descriptive text on the back of each map and covered the entire world, region by region. In 1570, Ortelius published Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or Theater of the World. Abraham Ortelius, a Flemish cartographer, was born Apr.
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