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  Abraham Ortelius - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (ORTELS, WORTELS), next to Mercator the greatest geographer of his age, was born at Antwerp on the,4th of April 1527, and died in the same city on the 4th of July 1598.
Errors, of course, abound, both in general conceptions and in detail; thus South America is very faulty in outline, and in Scotland the Grampians lie between the Forth and the Clyde; but, taken as a whole, this atlas with its accompanying text was a monument of rare erudition and industry.
In 1575 he was appointed geographer to the king of Spain, Philip II., on the recommendation of Arius Montanus, who vouched for his orthodoxy (his family, as early as 1535, had fallen under suspicion of Protestantism).
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 Welcome to Terra Incognita Antique Map Reproductions
Family alliances led to Hondius' introduction to the leading scientists and geographers of the day and laid the groundwork for the remainder of his illustrious career.
The founder of the family was Willem Janszoon Blaeu.
Willem was born in Alkmaar, Holland in 1571 and died in Amsterdam in 1638.
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 Abraham Ortelius
The death of his father in 1535, who had been a wealthy merchant, seems to have placed the family in difficulties, for Ortelius began to trade or peddle geographical charts and maps while still a mere youth.
Ortelius has combined in this work in a systematic manner all recent maps of the world and separate countries, of which he had heard during his long activity as trader and collector.
One of the fruits of his restless activity as a collector of archæological specimens was his pamphlet: "Deorum, Dearumque Capita e veteribus numismatibus" (1575), which contained a number of reproductions from his widely admired archæological collection.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/o/ortelius,abraham.html   (791 words)

  
 The Galileo Project
Ortelius' grandfather was a very prosperous merchant who came to Antwerp from Augsburg as an agent of the Fuggers.
Ortelius was the principal cartographer of the sixteenth century with the exception of Mercator.
Ortelius owed his position as Royal Cosmographer to Arias Montanus, an official at the court, to whom he remained obliged and to whom he dedicated a map of Spain.
galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/ortelius.html   (768 words)

  
 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Ortelius Atlas at USHistoricalArchive.com
by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), a Flemish scholar and geographer.
Ortelius departed from the Italian model by placing far more emphasis on the explanatory quality of the text while giving nearly equal weight to all elements of the atlas.
While not a scientific innovator, Ortelius is best remembered for his ability to gather an immense body of existing geographic knowledge and to publish it in a consistent and high-quality cartographic format: the atlas.
www.ushistoricalarchive.com /cds/ortelius.html   (1667 words)

  
 Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Orthellius, Abraham Ortels, Abraham Wortels) (April 14, 1527 - July 4, 1598) was a cartographer and geographer, credited as the creator of the modern atlas, was born in Antwerp in modern Belgium.
A member of the influential Ortelius family of Augsburg, he traveled extensively in Europe.
In 1575 he was appointed geographer to the king of Spain, Philip II, on the recommendation of Anus Montanus, who vouched for his orthodoxy (his family, as early as 1535, had fallen under suspicion of Protestantism).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abraham_Ortelius.html   (669 words)

  
 Orthellius family
The most famous cartographer of this family is Abraham Ortelius, author of the Theatre of the World (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum) atlas.
Abraham's sister, Orrilia Ortelius, was the wife of Sir Jacobus van Meteren and mother of historian Emanuel van Meteren.
Abraham's cousin Joachim Ortel (Ortelius) was a Dutch Agent and silk-merchant in London.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/or/Ortelius_family.html   (84 words)

  
 Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica - Volume 2
Three of Ortelius's wall maps are given chapters of their own, and the description of his wall map of the world (1564) is preceded by a description of other wall maps published before his time and outside the Netherlands.
Ortelius co authored this map with Carolus Clusius, whose travels in Spain to describe botanical specimens gave rise to his famous book on the plants of the Iberian peninsula (1576).
The wall-map of Spain by Abraham Ortelius and Carolus~Clusius, 1571
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 Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 227
You have sent its design to our Ortelius (who alas, to the misery of all literary people, is now deceased), after it had been located found back by your diligence between the manuscripts of Peutinger, and therefore it is rightfully returned to you.
Ortelius himself has ordered me to do so, shortly before he died; and both my own desire as well as my respect for you prompted me towards this goal.
Ortelius supervised the engraving, but did not live to see the result, which was first published separately in 1598 by Moretus.
www.orteliusmaps.com /book/ort227.html   (799 words)

  
 ORTELIUS (ORTELS, WORTELS), ABRAHAM
ORTELIUS (ORTELS, WORTELS), ABRAHAM, next to Mercator the greatest geographer of his age, was born at Antwerp on the 14th of April 1527, and died in the same city on the 4th of July 1598.
In 1570 (May 20) was issued, by Gilles Coppens de Diest at Antwerp, Ortelius' Theatre Orbis Terrarium, the " first modern atlas” (of 53 maps).
In 1573 Ortelius published seventeen supplementary maps under the title of Addita-mentum Theatri Orbis Terrarium.
www.ermeland.de /ortelius.htm   (605 words)

  
 Abraham Ortelius Summary
Abraham Ortelius was born Abraham Ortels of German parents in Antwerp on April 14, 1527.
It is significant, however, that both Europe and Southeast Asia received the most accurate rendition from Ortelius, whereas the outlines of South America remained very inadequately portrayed--perhaps a reflection of the real weight of the Discoveries with respect to their lines of economic and geographical attraction.
Three Latin editions of this (besides a Flemish, a French and a German edition) appeared before the end of 1572; twenty-five editions came out before Ortelius' death in 1598; and several others were published subsequently, for the atlas continued to be in demand till about 1612.
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 Ortelius Atlas
Abraham Ortelius, maker of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is regarded as one of the most prominent geographers of the sixteenth century.
Meanwhile the Cologne humanist Georg Braun (1541-1622)-an acquaintance of Ortelius-was planning the publication of his city atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum, which was first published in Cologne in 1572.
After Theatrum Orbis Terrarum's initial release, Ortelius regularly revised and expanded the atlas, reissuing it in various formats until his death in 1598.
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 Catalogue Loeb-Larocque, cartes géographiques anciennes, ventes aux enchères, expertise, auction, antique maps, ...
Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used and published it in his atlas.
The family Crepy was one of the most successful publishing companies in 18th century Paris.
Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used the map for publication in his atlas.
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 Raremaps Biography - Abraham Ortelius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Abraham Ortelius is perhaps the best known and most frequently collected of all 16th Century mapmakers.
Ortelius also published a map of Egypt in 1565, a plan of Brittenburg Castle on the coast of the Netherlands, and a map of Asia, prior to 1570.
Later editions would also be issued in Spanish and English by Ortelius’ successors, Vrients and Plantin, the former adding a number of maps to the atlas, the final edition of which was issued in 1612.
www.raremaps.com /makers/ortelius.html   (462 words)

  
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This ancient, founding race of the north were a mixture of Gaelic/Celts whose original territories ranged from Lancashire in the south, northward to the south bank of the River Clyde in Scotland.
For example, the 55th most popular family name Xiao (肖) is almost unheard of in Hong Kong, as this "new" surname was "created" from oversimplifying the traditional surname "蕭" during the Cultural Revolution.
Although there are thousands of Chinese family names, The 100 most common surnames, which together make up less than 5% of those in existence, are shared by 85% of the population.
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 Background information on Ortelius Atlas Maps
Then, there may be a short discussion on possible changes in the size and borders of the country or area under discussion, the characteristics of its most prominent cities, their products and salient features, the history of the inhabitants, their religion, and any miracles that may be connected to the area.
Sometimes, when sources disagree, Ortelius takes sides and tells why, sometimes he professes his ignorance in the matter and leaves it to the reader himself, usually called student of geography, to choose what he likes best.
I think the answer to this question is mundane: in spite of the fact that Ortelius invariably addresses his reader as being "studious in geography", he knew that many of the readers and buyers of his atlas were not so much interested in geographical truth, but rather in exciting, exotic wonders and miracles.
www.orteliusmaps.com /ort_background.html   (3331 words)

  
 Welcome to Ortelius Capital Partners, LLC
Ortelius Capital Partners, LLC, an alternative asset management group specializing in hedge funds, was founded in 2002 by H.R.H. Prince Pavlos and Peter DeSorcy.
Ortelius, whose ownership also includes the Search Investment Group, the family investment arm of Robert W. Miller (founder of Duty Free Shoppers), spun-off from Ivory Capital Group, LLC in 2002 and is the successor management company to Ivory Fund Advisors, LLC.
Ortelius emphasizes performance attribution which stems primarily from stock-picking abilities, or "alpha", and not from exposure to the marketplace or other macro-exogenous variables.
www.orteliuscapital.com /about_ortelius.html   (153 words)

  
 Map Making in the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg)
Ortelius is well known today for compiling the first world atlas in 1570 which he titled Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
Ortelius worked closely and maintained a friendship with another well known cartographer of his time, Gerard Mercator.
The Atlas Major is considered the crowning achievement of the Blaeu family and to be the epitome of style and quality during a period known as the "golden age" of Dutch map making.
www.1worldglobes.com /map-making-low-countries.htm   (967 words)

  
 Constantin Roman | Collectons & Interests - Cartographers
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) and his sisters became map illuminators and colourists following the death of their father.
From about 1560, possibly as a result of his friendship with Mercator, Ortelius began to produce maps and work on preparing his greatest project the first systematic ‘modern’ atlas.
Among the many great Dutch map publishers active in the seventeenth century were the Visscher family, begun by Claes Jansz Visscher (1587-1652) and continued by his son Nicolaas (1618-1679), grandson Nicolaas II (1649-1702) and then by his grandson’s widow, Elizabeth until her death in 1726.
www.constantinroman.com /pages/interests_cart.html   (2593 words)

  
 mapmaker
Abraham Ortel, better known as Ortelius, was born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up business there with his sister, as a book dealer and 'painter of maps'.
Throughout the history of the family, the widows of several of the van Keulens played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business.
The family business of print and map selling was founded by Joachim Ottens but the active period of map publishing was concentrated in the years between 1720 and 1750 when the brothers, Reiner and Joshua, produced enormous collections of maps, some as large as 15 volumes.
www.loeb-larocque.com /mapmaker.html   (6199 words)

  
 Gallery of Antique Maps Exhibition - part 1
A strikingly handsome early map of South East Asia first published in 1570 in Ortelius' World Atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum." Derived from the Mercator 1569 World map, it extends from Portuguese India to the North West coasts of America and is particularly notable for the roundel-sha ped Japan.
Modelled on the outlines of de Jode and Ortelius and notable for the strange cresent-shaped Japan.
Willem Blaeu's map first appeared in 1618 and was reissued by the family firm for the next 55 years.
library.ust.hk /info/exhibit/maps-9706/map-gallery1.html   (994 words)

  
 The Galileo Project
The family had a villa outside the city as well as a house in it.
From his dependence on patrons I conclude that the family was not wealthy; they were certainly affluent.
The Faraone family keeps showing up in his life, but I do not know who they were.
galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/maurlico.html   (1189 words)

  
 Hemispheres Antique Maps & Prints - Individual Map Details
This map improves the general shape of the region as depicted on the Ortelius map titled Indiae Orientalis...
Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was the founder of the famous 17th century Dutch map publishing family.
Hondius, along with sons Jodocus II and Henricus and son-in-law Johannes Janssonius, was prominent in Dutch cartography and competed with the emerging Blaeu family map business.
www.betzmaps.com /AS-154.html   (360 words)

  
 Legends and Lore
Anciently one family can be found as O'Ceamaigh in Mayo near Moynulla, another was found in the Clare/Tipperary area.
Keatings History mentions that the O'Kearneys were a clan near Kinsale, in Cork, where they are placed on the Map of Ortelius, and where they are given by O'Heerin as chiefs of Ui Floinn.
Mayo, have adopted Carney as an anglicization of their name, and families of the name are still to be found today in the neighbourhood of Castlebar.
www.billcarney.com /brickmasons/carney/legends.htm   (608 words)

  
 NSF Forums - Ortelius 800: Radiation Free Scoliosis Assessment
The Ortelius 800 measurements were correlated with the standard Cobb angle as measured on routine standing coronal and sagittal radiographs.
We propose the Ortelius 800 as a clinical tool for the routine follow-up measurements of AIS patients, thus enabling a significant reduction of radiation exposure.
I mentioned the Ortelius 800 to our pediatric ortho, and he said that systems such as this one have been around for the past 20 years or so.
www.scoliosis.org /forum/showthread.php?t=381   (887 words)

  
 Hemispheres Antique Maps & Prints - Individual Map Details
The map is based on Abraham Ortelius' map which in turn was based on the manuscripts of the Portuguese Jesuit, Luis Teixeria, cartographer to the Court of the Spanish King.
Although Hondius follows Ortelius' misrepresentation of Korea (Corea) as an island, he does add a text notation within Korea in which he suggests that it might not be an island.
Hondius, along with sons Jodocus II and Henricus and son-in-law Jan Janssonius, was prominent in Dutch cartography and competed with the emerging Blaeu family map business.
www.betzmaps.com /AS-122.html   (258 words)

  
 The Newberry Library: Smith Center Publications
The family name was Kramer, but by the time he entered the university he had already Latinized it to Mercator (both words mean merchant or shopkeeper).
The publication of this first full version was a family affair, for Rumoldus was assisted by his nephews Michael and Johannes Mercator and Gerard Junior, all of whom either drew or engraved maps for the atlas.
The first version of this map was drawn about 1558 by a certain Nicolas Nicolai, and engraved for the atlas of Ortelius (1570).
www.newberry.org /smith/slidesets/ss05.html   (1216 words)

  
 Map Makers during the Age of Piracy and the Spanish Treasure Fleets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The finest Dutch map publishers were the Blaeu family, and they hold the title of mapmakers supreme for any period of cartographical history.
Having already become probably the greatest cartographic bibliographer of the period, Ortelius was able to prepare 53 map sheets based on the most up-to-date information, which were engraved by Frans Hogenberg and first published in 1570.
Like Ortelius and Mercator before them, the Vaugondys listed the sources of their maps, which is of incalculable benefit to anyone seeking to understand not only their maps but those of the period.
www.buccaneer.net /map_makers.htm   (1154 words)

  
 16th - 17th Century Maps
Due to great interest in these publications, maps of superb quality were produced making this period the golden age of cartography.
Map of Anatolia, Crete and Cyprus from Ortelius' Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
This is mainly because only 2 editions of his atlas was printed compared to 42 editions of Ortelius atlas.
turkeyinmaps.com /Sayfa2.html   (1351 words)

  
 ORTELIUS (ORTELS, WORT... - Online Information article about ORTELIUS (ORTELS, WORT...
Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the " first See also:
list of 87 authors is given by Ortelius himself), and many discrepancies of delineation or nomenclature occur.
Arius Montanus; who vouched for his orthodoxy (his family, as early as 1535, had fallen under suspicion of See also:
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