Abraham Ortelius: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Abraham Wortels • Abraham Ortels
Born	April 14, 1527 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died	July 4, 1598 (aged 71) • Antwerp • Belgium

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Abraham Ortelius's map of the world from 1570.

Open antique atlas showing a hand-colored 16th-century map of the Americas, titled Americae sive Novi Orbis nova descriptio, with decorative borders and illustrated ships.

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Aaron Arrowsmith, engraving by T.A. Dean after a portrait by H.W. Pickersgill

Aaron Arrowsmith

British geographer and cartographer

Bartholomew, John George

John George Bartholomew

Scottish cartographer and publisher

Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator

Flemish cartographer

Ogilby, engraving by William Camden Edwards, 1820, after a drawing by J. Thurston

John Ogilby

British printer

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John Adair

Scottish surveyor

Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map

Martin Waldseemüller

German cartographer

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Theodor de Bry

Flemish-German engraver

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Augusto de Campos

Brazilian poet and critic

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François-Emile Matthes

American geologist

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Louis A. Godey

American publisher

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Frank E. Compton

American publisher

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Pierre François Didot

French publisher and printer

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Pierre Didot

French printer and typesetter

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Ambroise-Firmin Didot

French printer and typesetter

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Hyacinthe-Firmin Didot

French printer and typesetter

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John Cowles

American publisher

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François Didot

French printer and bookseller

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Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf

German publisher

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Nathaniel Currier

American lithographer

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Joseph Medill McCormick

United States senator