Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio
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This attractive plate combines historical maps of the major Mediterranean Islands, with Sicily dominant. Ortelius used classical sources including Pliny, Strabo and Herodotus, amongst others to publish this map in his atlas, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Ortelius' atlas achieved instant fame as "the world's first regularly produced atlas" (Skelton), being the first atlas with maps prepared to a uniform format. It was also an immediate commercial success, being reprinted four times in 1570, the first year of its publication. The atlas was frequently reprinted, with many of the maps re-engraved and up-dated, and new maps added so that later editions contained up to 163 map sheets.
mapmaker:
A.Ortelius
place and date of publication:
Antwerp 1570 -1612
medium and colour:
copperplate, Uncoloured
ref:
34147
size in cms: 47.5 x 36 literature: Van Den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, 141. Price: £ 560 |
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