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    Abraham Ortelius (/ɔːrˈtiːliəs/; also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 4 or 14 April 1527 – 28 June 1598) was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer...
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    World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman and originally printed on 20...
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  • Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that mechanism. Abraham Ortelius (Ortelius 1596), Theodor Christoph Lilienthal (1756), Alexander von Humboldt...
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  • World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Prepared by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570 in Antwerp, it consisted of...
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    collection of maps Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by the Brabantian cartographer Abraham Ortelius printed in 1570.[citation needed] Atlases published nowadays are quite...
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    Abraham Ortelius. Alongside the sumptuous maps of that book Mercator's un-ornamented new maps looked very unattractive. Despite the death of Ortelius...
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    the life and works of the Antwerp cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). In 1996 he published Ortelius Atlas Maps, with in 2011 a new edition, rewritten...
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    1531, and the Flemish cartographers Gerardus Mercator in 1538 and Abraham Ortelius in 1570. Schöner's concepts influenced the Dieppe school of mapmakers...
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    Europe and the Mediterranean Sea from 1513 Map of Europe from 1570 Abraham Ortelius' map of Europe from 1595 Gerardus Mercator's map from 1595 Expeditions...
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    region already well known to the Europeans (e.g., just Guangdong on Abraham Ortelius' 1570 map), and to place the mysterious Cathay somewhere inland. It...
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