When twenty years of age he joined a guild as a colourer of charts. The death of his father in 1535, who had been a wealthy merchant, seems to have placed the family in difficulties, for Ortelius began to trade or peddle geographical charts and maps while still a mere youth. His family came from Augsburg, wherefore Ortelius frequently referred to himself as "Belgo-Germanus". The work was very popular.104807 Catholic Encyclopedia - Abraham Ortelius Joseph FischerĪ cartographer, geographer, and archæologist, born in Antwerp, 4 April, 1527 died there, 28 June, 1598. In 1577, engraver Philip Galle and poet-translator Pieter Heyns published the first pocket-sized edition of the Theatrum, the Epitome. The number of map sheets grew from 53 in 1570 to 167 in 1612, in the last edition. Editions had been published in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, English, and Italian. Altogether some 24 editions appeared during Ortelius's lifetime and another 10 after his death in 1598. There was nothing else like it until Mercator's atlas appeared twenty-five years later. The importance of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum for geographical knowledge in the last quarter of the sixteenth century is difficult to overemphasize. The Parergon can be called a truly original work of Ortelius, who drew the maps based on his own research. Later editions included Additamenta (additions) that later resulted in Ortelius' historical atlas, the Parergon, mostly bound together with the atlas. This first edition contained seventy maps on fifty-three sheets.The maps were engraved by Franciscus Hogenberg. It was one of the most expensive books ever published. The atlas was completed in the year 1569, and in May of 1570, the Theatrum was available for sale. In 1568 the production of individual maps for his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was already in full swing. In 1565 he published a map of Egypt and a map of the Holy Land, a large map of Asia followed. The inspiration for this map may well have been Gastaldi's large world map. In 1564 he published his first map, a large and ambitious wall map of the world. He traveled a lot and visited Italy and France, made contacts everywhere with scholars and editors, and maintained an extensive correspondence with them. Business went well because his means permitted him to start an extensive collection of medals, coins, and antiques, as well as a library of many volumes. Luke as an "illuminator of maps." Besides colouring maps, Ortelius was a dealer in antiques, coins, maps, and books, with the book and map trade gradually becoming his primary occupation. Abraham and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth, took up map colouring. He learned Latin and studied Greek and mathematics. The maker of the 'first atlas,' the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570), was born on 4 April 1527 into an old Antwerp family. 3cm tear to upper edge and small loss to upper right corner. Vertical crease runs through the centre of the page from the original book. The condition is typical for a picture of this age including discolouration and foxing. We estimate the map to be from 1621 or earlier, as it has the earlier version of vignettes. Unlike many other versions of this print, the map is uncoloured, making the crisp detail of the engraving clearly visible. Taken from the Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum or Parergon with Latin text on verso. Surrounded by 22 medallions showing scenes of Abraham's life. An early 17th or late 16th century map showing the land of Canaan with an inset map depicting the wanderings of Abraham, the first patriarch of Judaism.
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