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Theatrum orbis terrarum.

Relief shown pictorially. Catalogus auctorum includes 92 names. Epigram on t.p. verso has 16 lines. Includes 53 map sheets, with descriptive text on verso. Phillips, 374, copy 1 Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 1 Includes "De Mona druidum insula" by H. Llwyd. Exhibited: A world of names, 1990. Exhibited: Images of the World, 1984. G&M microfilm 1051.

Date
1570
Mapmaker / publisher
Ortelius, Abraham; Diesth, Aegid. Coppenius (Aegidius Coppenius); Llwyd, Humphrey
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Sheets
39
Original size
3,618 × 5,081 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_98687183-1.jpg

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