Cartography Development - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Abraham Ortelius 1570
Abraham Ortelius, map of America 1570
-This map was part of the very first atlas ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’, made in
1570 and published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerpen. The first version
had 70 maps. The word 'Atlas' was devised by the famous Antwerp map
maker Mercator.
- All maps have the same dimensions, have a comparable cartographic lay
out and are bound in a book. Before maps where rolled up.
- The atlas was thé bestseller of the 16th century and the idea was copied
many times.
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