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Theatrum orbis terrarum.

Relief shown pictorially. Colophon: 20 Mai 1570. Catalogus auctorum includes 87 names. T.p. verso blank. Includes 53 map sheets, with descriptive text on verso. Staining from pigment on facing pages. Blank leaves inserted between map sheets. Front cover displays the name and arms of Jean, comte de Hoya, bishop of Münster and Osnabrück (1566-74). Phillips, 3389 Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 1A Includes "De Mona druidum insula" by H. Llwyd. G&M microfilm 133.

Date
1570
Mapmaker / publisher
Ortelius, Abraham; Diesth, Aegid. Coppenius (Aegidius Coppenius); Llwyd, Humphrey
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Sheets
38
Original size
4,764 × 6,487 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Theatrum orbis terrarum." (1570). Ortelius, Abraham; Diesth, Aegid. Coppenius (Aegidius Coppenius); Llwyd, Humphrey. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theatrum_orbis_terrarum._LOC_2003683482-1.jpg

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All 38 sheets

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