[Hrsg.:] [Abraham Ortelius]. Relief shown pictorially Scale in graph. Form. A decorative boldly engraved map from a Latin text edition of the Theatrum... Show more[Hrsg.:] [Abraham Ortelius]. Relief shown pictorially Scale in graph. Form. A decorative boldly engraved map from a Latin text edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, renowned as the first world atlas. This map appeared in all editions of the atlas, from 1570-1612. A map rich in place names, obviously based on Italian sources as they were frequent travellers to this part of the world. An interesting error is the depiction of the Caspian Sea as linger and narrower than in reality, while the number of big rivers flowing into the Persian Gulf and Caspian is exaggerated. Scale: Scala leucerum sive Farsangarum 3000, ......... 180 [low l. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00282 Print Map Item-ID: i11400705 BIB-ID: 1172413 Show less
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of... Show moreAbraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of Discovery. He was famously the first to publish a printed collection of maps with the title of atlas. A very colorful map with a lot of detail and great deal of text depicting the land of Tartary which was the medieval name for north and central Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacifica Ocean. This is one of the earliest maps to show the Bering Strait between Asia and America (here given as the "Stretto di Anian") Relief shown pictorially and with hachures A map of Tartary, and some parts of China, America and Europe. Japan is also marked. There are descriptive texts on the map. Continet hec tabula dem Tartariam, cum religua Asie Orientasions ... [decorat. cart. low. l. h.]. Decorated margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00485 Print Map Item-ID: i11401722 BIB-ID: 1172515 Show less
