| Description |
1 online resource (181 pages). |
| Series |
Maps and Cartography anthology |
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Maps and Cartography anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
Catalogus auctorum includes 92 names. Epigram on t.p. verso has 16 lines. |
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Includes 53 map sheets, with descriptive text on verso. |
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Includes "De Mona druidum insula" by H. Llwyd. |
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Original document: Book. |
| Summary |
Theatrum Orbis Terrarumℓ(“Theatre of the World”) is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed in 1570, the book consists of descriptive texts and dozens of maps printed from copper plates.ℓThe atlas is sometimes referred to as the summary of 16th-century cartography. Many of the maps in this atlas were based upon sources that no longer exist or are extremely rare. Ortelius appended a unique source list (the “Catalogus Auctorum”) identifying the names of contemporary cartographers, some of whom would otherwise have remained obscure. |
| Exhibitions |
Exhibited: A world of names, 1990. DLC |
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Exhibited: Images of the World, 1984. DLC |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Atlases -- Netherlands -- Early works to 1800.
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Geography -- Early works to 1800.
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| Place Name |
Earth. |
| Added Author |
Diesth, Aegid. Coppenius (Aegidius Coppenius)
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Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568.
Mona druidum insula.
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| Added Title |
Theatrvm orbis terrarvm. |
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