Typvs orbis terrarvm.

Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Includes illustrations. Appears to be an etched, probably unauthorized copy of an edition 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. Left margin also cut away in lower corner.

Date

1579

Mapmaker / publisher

Ortelius, Abraham

Archive

Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

map

Original size

6,330 × 4,688 pixels

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