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Abraham Ortelius: Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio
Title: Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio Map Maker: Abraham Ortelius
Description: Striking dark impression of Ortelius' map of America. Ortelius map of America is without doubt one of the most recognized and influential maps of America from the 16th Century. The map first appeared in the 1570 edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It went through three major revisions, as noted in Van Den Broecke. The map is one of the most influential maps of the 16th and early 17th Centuries, having had a profound impact on contemporary American Cartography. Ortelius' ability to locate and draw upon Spanish and Portugese sources is apparent throughout the map and is quite remarkable, given the manner in which each nation guarded its cartographic information. From the 1579 Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the World. References: Van Den Broecke 9, Burden 64; Schwartz & Ehrenberg 69.
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