Description: Ortelius’s third and last world map, published in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and dated 1587, inscribed beneath the author’s signature on the right hand side of Terra Australis Nondum Cognita. The map first appeared in only a few copies of the 1589 edition of the Theatrum and then in all others from 1592 to 1612. Map, 'Typus Orbis Terrarum' About this object. Title across top with decorative scrolls. In lower right 'Ab Ortelius describ. Cum privilegio decennali 1587'. Flexitime 100. There are medallions in each corner of the map, surrounded by tassels, fruit and scrolls. In the two top circles are texts in Latin by Cicero, and in lower corners, by Seneca. Typus orbis terrarum. Uninstaller sensei 1 3 1 – completely remove applications without. Ortelius, Abraham 1874 1:90 000 000. Emisferi fisici. Touring club italiano 1929 1:45 000 000. Typvs Orbis Terrarvm. Each succeeding decade following the first New World discoveries created its own revolution of knowledge, but a watershed in the growth and illustration of geographical information was the atlas published in 1570 by Abraham Ortelius, a businessman native to Antwerp. The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was the first atlas in the. Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus. Popcorn time 0 3 10 beta. Publisher, Year. Johann Detleffsen, Minden, 1716. 36.3 x 47.7 cm (14.3 x 18.8 inches) Sheet Size. 40.3 x 48.5 cm (15.9 x 19.1 inches).
Orbis Terrarum Typus
Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro In Plurimis
Title:
Typus orbis terrarum
Title (alt.):
Typvs orbis terrarvm
Description:
Ortelius' book of maps, first published in 1570, is considered the first modern world atlas. It was the first time that a set of maps, contemporary to the date of publication, was designed, drawn, and engraved with the intention of publishing them in a bound volume. Ortelius did not refer to his publication as an 'atlas,' as we know it today. Rather he entitled it 'Theater of the World' implying not only that the entire known world could be viewed in this one book, but that the Earth was a stage on which human actions unfolded. Although most of the maps in this book pertain to European countries and provinces, it can be considered a world atlas because it also includes a map of the world (displayed here), as well as one map for each of the four continents. This world map was based on a large 21-sheet world map published by Ortelius' colleague, Gerard Mercator the year before. It displayed almost a century of European exploration in the Americas delineating relatively accurate coast lines in the Equatorial areas, but with greatly distorted shapes in southern South America and northern and western North America. Interestingly, the map prematurely showed a southern polar continent since the southern oceans had not yet been explored. The projected southern continent was based on the reports of Magellan sighting Terra del Fuego when he rounded the tip of South America and the accounts of early Dutch discoveries along the Australian coast. While the first edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was published in Latin in 1570, this map book was subsequently issued in 33 editions over the next 41 years. It was also translated into six other languages -- German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, and English. The success of this first 'atlas' publication marked the beginning of the golden age of Flemish and Dutch cartography with cartographers from the Low Countries dominating the map trade until the end of the 17th century.
Creator:
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Name on Item:
[Abraham Ortelius].
Date:
1570
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
World maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
World
Publisher:
Antwerp : A. Ortelius
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially. 'Quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis, cui aeternitas omnis, totius que mundi nota sit magmitudo. Cicero.' Appears in the author's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae. 1570. Exhibited in “Journeys of the Imagination,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL) Exhibited: 'Shakespeare’s Here and Everywhere' organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2016-2017. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/stream/theatrumorbister00orte
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 46 x 64 cm.
Scale:
Scale not given.
Language:
Latin
Identifier:
05_01_000247
Call #:
G1006 .T54 1570
Barcode:
30000002782909
Terms of Use:
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