Ortelius used the Greek word Parergon to mean “Supplement”. ![]() Image from Leonard and Juliet Rothman Collection “Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas” I388 4 Tour voyages will take you through the huge orbit of the world and all that it contains.” The exact designer and engraver is unknown.ġ. The translation of the bottom two lines states: "So now you can travel safely through all regions, between unknown tribes, through remote cities, rivers, and mountains, valleys and seas everywhere. The reclining figure on the foot "is believed to be the first allegorical representation of that continent." The severed head may suggest cannibalism, and the bust may represent Terra Incognita “virgin land” The fire below her suggests Magellan’s recording the fires as he rounded South America. ![]() The woman directly below the universe sphere represents Asia and the women below the world represents Africa. The spheres represent the universe and the world. The cross on the orb represents her Christian faith. The female on the top, crowned and in her throne, is the empress of the world representing Europe with a septre in her right hand and a rudder in her left hand steering the world. This beautiful decorated majestic picture appropriately prepares the reader for the contents in the atlas. Translation of title: Theater of the world. Image from The Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection at Stanford Libraries: Binding, Paul, ‘Imagined Corners” ISBN 0747230404Ĭurated text by Leonard Rothman December 2020. Broecke,Krogt&Meurer edit.“Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas” ISBN 906194388u4Ĥ. van den Broecke, Marcel “Ortelius Atlas Maps” I308 6ģ. Ortelius was the first person, after studying the contours of the eastern Americas and western Europe and Africa to correctly suggest that they separated due to continental drift.Ģ. It was a supplement for which he drew and engraved the maps himself. The legend under the portrait states “Ortelius gave mankind an image of the world to see, Galle gave the world the image of Ortelius.” In 1579, Ortelius, who also created historical maps, created an historical atlas called Parergon. This portrait by Phillip Galle in 1579 depicts Ortelius in an ermine vest, a sign of great wealth. His “Wanderings of Abraham" map was the progenitor of Dutch Decorative Cartography in the 17 th century. He became extremely successful, producing approximately 860,000 maps, free standing and in atlases. By 1572 there were also Dutch, French, and German editions. While not the first publisher to create an atlas, Ortelius received the credit. The engravers were Franz Hogenberg and others, and printed by The Plantin Press in Antwerp. He did not create the maps and listed all the authors in the Atlas. Ortelius then created smaller equal size maps, bound them together into a book, and published his landmark first modern atlas: “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” with 53 maps. A Dutch merchant seaman asked him to solve the problem of large bulky roles of maps that were cumbersome when piloting a ship. Luke as a map illuminator and he began engraving large maps. He then was able to enter the Guild of St. ![]() He and his family moved back to Antwerp in 1547 and he trained as a map engraver. The family was suspected of practicing Protestantism, and after his father’s death he was taken to England to avoid the inquisition. The Ortel family originally came from Augsberg, Germany in 1535. Abraham Ortelius (Ortel) was born in Antwerp.
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