Maps, Atlases

Theatrum orbis terrarum

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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
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The "Theater of the World" is considered the first true atlas. It was the first collection of maps to present cartographic and geographic information in a systematic way, with the maps drawn to be ...

The "Theater of the World" is considered the first true atlas. It was the first collection of maps to present cartographic and geographic information in a systematic way, with the maps drawn to be published together and complemented by text. Covering the known world, it was the most authoritative and successful cartographic work of the sixteenth and early seventeeth centuries.

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