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Gfx overhaul and typus orbis terrarum8/16/2023 ![]() ![]() digitized 2018 University of Chicago Library committed to preserve Description based on online resource title above map (University of Chicago Library Web site, viewed on October 12, 2018). Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Latin and German. Digital Master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Chicago : University of Chicago Library, (University of Chicago Digital Preservation Collection) Master and use copy. Open access Unrestricted online access Electronic reproduction. German title in upper margin: Beschreibung der ganzen Welt Typus Orbis Terrarum was featured in the world s first atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Abraham Ortelius. Typus orbis terrarum / Franciscus Hogenbergus sculpsit Creator Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 Call Number MAP NK 10001 Created/Published Antwerp : Coppenium Diesth, 1570 Extent 1 map : col. Hidden Bibliographic Details Varying Form of Title: : Typus Orbis Terrarum: This spectacular old color Ortelius world map showing the world as known in 1587 is one of the most famous maps ever made. University of Chicago Digital Preservation Collection. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. :, :, ġ online resource (1 map in 2 hemispheres) : black and whiteĮarly modern maps of the Americas. See Dr.Saved in: Bibliographic Details Author / Creator: Most significantly makes it so the continents are actually aligned like they are in reality (with the Americas dramatically lower than they are in vanilla). The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century." Typus isn't an aesthetic mod (well it is, but only as a secondary part), it mods the projection of the map. He took many places and regions from the lands of classical civilization to illustrate and clarify their history, a subject very close to his heart. For this work he did not, as in the Theatrum, copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself which were later engraved by Jan Wierix i.a. Koeman: "This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. The Parergon is Ortelius' atlas of ancient geography. First published in 1643 by Jean Boisseau. Zoomable full resolution image available at. Publication date 1659 Publisher Chez Jollain, Paris. The Theatrum and Parergon plates are uncolored. Typus Orbis Terrarum, Description de la Terre Universelle. 128 maps in the "Theatrum", with the "Parergon" having 38 maps, a portrait of Pope Clement VIII., dedications to Pope Clement VIII. Several new maps appear here for the first time." Vrients added 8 new maps, making this combined Theatrum and Parergon edition the largest with 166 maps. Differs from LC's 1579 edition in having a more noticeable crack in lower left. Has a crack and re-engraved clouds in lower left corner, which, according to Shirley, dates the map to 1579 or later. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Apart from this, Vrients also added at the end, an Introduction to Cosmography, written by Michel Coignet. Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. ![]() In this translation, the Parergon and the Nomenclator were included. ![]() The heirs of Abraham Ortelius sold a manuscript translation by Filippo Pigafetta to Vrients, which was then printed by him. Koeman: "This the first edition ever printed with Italian text. ![]()
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