Abraham Ortelius (/ ɔːr ˈ t iː l i ə s /; also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 4 or 14 April 1527 – 28 June 1598) was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands.

Abraham Ortelius was a Flemish cartographer and dealer in maps, books, and antiquities, who published the first modern atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum (1570; “Theatre of the World”). Trained as an engraver, Ortelius about 1554 set up his book and antiquary business.

One of the most valuable components of the atlas collection is the numerous editions of the revolutionary mapbook Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), a Flemish scholar and geographer.

2019年12月12日 · Abraham Ortelius (April 14, 1527–June 28, 1598) was a Flemish cartographer and geographer credited with creating the first modern atlas of the world: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or “Theatre of the World.”

2020年4月29日 · Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) published the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum or Theatre of the World in Antwerp. Before the atlas was published custom “map books” were individually ordered and bound in Italy.

2020年2月22日 · Abraham Ortelius is a key figure in the history of cartography. He is known as the inventor of the atlas —a book comprising multiple maps in one format and style. Ortelius was born in Antwerp, Belgium on April 4, 1527, during the height of the humanist era.

Abraham Ortelius is a key figure in the history of human knowledge. He is known as the inventor of the atlas - a book bringing maps together in one format and with the same display - and was...

In 1570 (May 20) Gilles Coppens de Diest at Antwerp published 53 maps created by Abraham Ortelius under the title Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the "first modern atlas".

2018年6月27日 · The Flemish map maker and map seller Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) is known for his "Theatrum orbis terrarum," one of the first major atlases. He accelerated the movement away from Ptolemaic geographical conceptions.

2020年6月24日 · This resource guide compiles a list of atlases, print bibliographies, digital images, and published reference sources about the sixteenth-century Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius available at the Library of Congress.

Abraham Ortelius (also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 14 April 1527 – 28 June 1598) was a Flemish cartographer (mapmaker) and geographer. He is generally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: "Theatre of the Earth's Globe").

2018年5月20日 · Ortelius was the first to underline the geometrical similarity between the coasts of America alongside the coasts of Europe and Africa. He proposed continental...

2016年10月31日 · Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) From Antwerp, Brussels, Ortelius was part of the world-renowned Dutch-Flemish school of cartographers. Over his lifetime he worked as an engraver, geographer, cartographer and book trader but he is most well known as the creator of the first world atlas – the first edition of which was published in 1570.

On May 20, 1570, Belgian cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius published the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 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.

Abraham Ortelius was one of the great mapmakers of the sixteenth century, notable for his learning and artistic skills. His maps are characterized by a humanist and historicist approach: Ortelius tended to focus on Europe rather than the discoveries being made in the Americas.

First published in 1570, - Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum was the world's first regularly produced atlas. This later edition of 1592 (with accompanying text in Latin) includes four Addimenta which expanded the atlas to include 134 separate maps in 164 numbered plates.

Abraham Ortelius (April 14, 1527 - June 28, 1598) also known as Ortels, was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer of Brabant, active in Antwerp. He was the creator of the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and is a seminal figure in the history of cartography.

Abraham Ortelius (Nederlandse naam: Abraham Ortels of Abraham Hortels) (Antwerpen, 4 of 14 april 1527 – aldaar, 28 juni 1598) was een Brabantse cartograaf en geograaf. Na Gerardus Mercator was hij de grootste geograaf van zijn tijd, en uitvinder van de moderne atlas.

2015年4月14日 · Abraham Ortelius, a Flemish cartographer, was born Apr. 14, 1527. In 1570, Ortelius published Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or Theater of the World. This was the first modern world atlas. It contained 53 maps, and its novelty lay in the fact that the maps were uniform in...

Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Ortelius is...

2021年12月19日 · Abraham Ortelius is among the best known European cartographers of the 16th century. Indeed, he and Gerard Mercator are perhaps the most renowned of their era.

Rubens, ritratto di Abramo Ortelio (1633), conservato presso il complesso museale di Plantin-Moretus. Abramo Ortelio [1] [2] [3] (latinizzato come: Abrahamus Ortelius od Orthellius, dal fiammingo Abraham Oertel, Ortels o Hortels) (Anversa, 14 aprile 1527 – Anversa, 28 giugno 1598) è stato un cartografo e geografo fiammingo.L'Ortelio fu col Mercatore il grande …