Map Typvs orbis terrarvm.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Typvs orbis terrarvm.

Other Title

  • Typus orbis terrarum

Names

  • Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • [Italy?] : [Publisher not indicated], [1579 or later]

Headings

  • -  Earth (Planet)

Genre

  • World maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds.
  • -  Includes illustrations.
  • -  Appears to be an etched, probably unauthorized copy of an edition of Ortelius's map, possibly made in Italy. This map copies the re-engraved clouds in lower left corner, which, according to Shirley, dates the map to 1579 or later. The word "occidens" on the left edge of the map reads bottom to top rather than top to bottom as in the original. On laid paper with a watermark of a bunch of grapes.
  • -  LC copy trimmed, with narrow right and bottom margins. Left margin also cut away in lower corner.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 25 x 49 cm, on sheet 39 x 53

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 1584 .O72

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017585796

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Ortelius, Abraham, Cartographer. Typvs Orbis Terrarvm. [Italy?: Publisher not indicated, or later, 1579] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585796/.

APA citation style:

Ortelius, A. (1579) Typvs Orbis Terrarvm. [Italy?: Publisher not indicated, or later] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585796/.

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Ortelius, Abraham, Cartographer. Typvs Orbis Terrarvm. [Italy?: Publisher not indicated, or later, 1579] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017585796/>.