Abraham Ortelius Map Of Africa. Old Map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius, 1570 First Map of African Con The Unique Maps Co. Abraham and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth took up map colouring Title "Africae Tabula Nova [Map of Africa]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1570
Original Abraham Ortelius Map of Africa The Kingdom of Prester John [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum from www.zvab.com
The map is based on Giacomo Gastaldi's eight-sheet wall map of 1564 and on the 1569 world map by Gerhard Mercator and is the first to reflect accurately the knowledge gained by Europeans about the. Second state of the plate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche which was removed between 1606 and 1612
Original Abraham Ortelius Map of Africa The Kingdom of Prester John [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
"Africae tabula nova" (New map of Africa) appeared in the first edition (1570) of Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the world) by the Flemish scholar and geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527--98) Africae Tabula Nova ("New Map of Africa") is a map of Africa published by Abraham Ortelius in 1570 It was taken from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, which was widely produced for over 40 years in 7 different languages
Map of Ancient Northern Regions of Africa. THE VOYAGE OF AENEAS Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) The maker of the 'first atlas', the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570), was born on 4 April 1527 into an old Antwerp family Title "Africae Tabula Nova [Map of Africa]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1570
At Auction Abraham Ortelius, Ortelius, pub. 1595 Map of Northern Africa. The cartographical source of this map comes from Gastaldi (1505-1566) and his 8 sheet map of Africa (1564). The map is based on Giacomo Gastaldi's eight-sheet wall map of 1564 and on the 1569 world map by Gerhard Mercator and is the first to reflect accurately the knowledge gained by Europeans about the.