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Theatre of the World
atlas by Ortelius
Also known as: “Theatrum orbis terrarum”
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- discussed in biography
- In Abraham Ortelius
… (1570; “Theatre of the World”).
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history of
- atlas
- In atlas
…Ortelius’s Theatrum orbis terrarum (1570; Theatre of the World) is generally thought to be the first modern atlas. Another monument of 16th-century cartography is the Lafréri Atlas, containing maps compiled by gifted Italian cartographers between 1556 and 1575. In the following century the Dutch reigned supreme in the production of…
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- geography
- In geography: The emergence of geography: exploration and mapping
…of maps of the world, Epitome of the Theatre of the World (1570), was produced by Mercator’s contemporary, the Belgian cartographer Abraham Ortelius. The science of surveying was employed to make detailed large-scale maps of the land surface; notable was the work of the Cassini family, in France, spanning more…
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