Biography

Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) 1527-1598 was a Dutch cartographer/geographer and publisher of the first and greatest world atlas the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the whole World). This great atlas was first published in 1570 with a total of 53 maps. Abraham Ortelius’s atlas was re-issued up until 1612 in 7 languages, Dutch, Latin, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. In all there were 42 editions. The last edition having 167 maps.

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius

The image above is a Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.