Abraham Ortelius

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The Science of Cartography

Principia Scientific 06 Jun 2022

A supremely high proportion of the greatest cartographers in history—reaching 100 percent after 1400—were Western ... Ptolemy ... 1390) ... 1489 ... Mercator was not a lone soldier; in 1570 Abraham Ortelius, though not a cartographer himself, published the first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum, which incorporated seventy maps created by many cartographers ... ....

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BIBLE VERSE

Evening Times 20 May 2022

On This Day in.. 1246 – Henry Raspe was elected anti-king by the Rhenish prelates in France. 1455 – King Henry VI was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St ... 1570 – Abraham Ortelius published the first modern atlas in Belgium ... 1849 – Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock ... 1882 – The U.S ... .

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WATCH: 239th Commemoration of Last Naval Battle of American Revolution Fought Near Cape Canaveral

Space Coast Daily 12 Mar 2022

the USS Alliance defeated the HMS Sybil in the last naval battle of the American Revolution. WATCH. The 239th Commemoration of the Last Naval Battle of the Revolutionary War Is being held at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center in Merritt Island ... Section of Abraham Ortelius’ ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ Shows Cape Canaveral ... .

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Beyond The Pillars Of Hercules: Megalithic People Of Kronos Reaching America

Ancient Origins 02 Dec 2021

Plutarch's (46-125 AD) narrative in De Facie quae in orbe lunae apparet about continental Greeks could be the last memory, miraculously surviving the millennia, of prehistoric settlements of people coming from northern Europe, who reached the American continent in the Megalithic period ... Argonautica Map by Abraham Ortelius (1624) ( ) ... READ MORE… ... .

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BREVARD HISTORY: Last Naval Battle of American Revolution Fought Near Cape Canaveral March 10, 1783

Space Coast Daily 16 Oct 2021

the USS Alliance defeated the HMS Sybil in the last naval battle of the American Revolution. John Barry was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy ... (Kingsborough Community College image) ... Section of Abraham Ortelius’ ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ Shows Cape Canaveral ... .

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BREVARD HISTORY: Section of Abraham Ortelius’ ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ Shows Cape Canaveral

Space Coast Daily 01 Sep 2021

A section of a map from the 1584 edition of author Abraham Ortelius’ “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the World), Additamentum III” shows the name “C ... – Wikipedia contributed to this report Abraham Ortelius, who was born in 1527, was a Brabantian ...

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Retiring with a legacy: Patrick Coleman has built the largest collection of Minnesota-related books in ...

Pioneer Press 25 Jul 2021

Patrick Coleman was driving through Duluth recently when he had a choice. He could have lunch or he could explore a used bookstore. Anyone who knows Coleman, lover of history, books and Minnesota, knows what he did. He went to the bookstore ... One of the oldest books in the collection is the 1595 Ortelius Atlas, a map of the world by Abraham Ortelius ... .

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Memoirs, Cookbooks, and Coffee Table Books to Get Your Mom For Mother's Day

The Daily Beast 15 Apr 2021

Best-Selling Books by Female Authors ... Becoming by Michelle Obama ... 15 ... “The book gets its name from Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius's atlas Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the World). Like Ortelius, Berg has built upon generations of work and woven it into a digestible dive into everything from cartography to illustration and mapmaking ... .

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The Legend of Prester John and His Lost Kingdom in the East

Ancient Origins 09 Aug 2020

Prester John (known also as Presbyter John or John the Elder) was a legendary figure in Europe during the Medieval and Early Modern periods ... This kingdom was thought to be ‘lost’ among the nations of the Muslims and pagans, though no one knew its exact location ... What is the Legend of Prester John? ... ( ) ... Map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) ... .

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Hyperborea: Mythical Land That Fascinated Writers of the Ancient World

Ancient Origins 01 Jul 2020

Hyperborea is a location in Greek mythology . The inhabitants of this mythical land are known as Hyperboreans, whom the ancient Greeks believed enjoyed extremely long lives. Hyperborea is mentioned by a number of Greek and Roman writers, including Herodotus, Pliny the Elder , and Pindar ... (Abraham Ortelius / ) ... (© Marie-Lan Nguyen / ) ... Top image ... Source ... .

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Fantasy map-making: 'I like vintage style with a modern twist'

The Observer 13 May 2020

. This last is a forgotten wasteland full of obsolete services and websites ... ... I was 16 ... Some of my favourite historical cartographers are Fra Mauro, who created a map of the world in the 13th century; Abraham Ortelius, who created the first modern atlas in 1570; and Joan Blaeu, a Dutchman who published the first heliocentric world map in 1648 ... .

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Mayflower 400: the English were relative latecomers to the Americas, despite the USA's founding myth

The Conversation 16 Sep 2020

Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)/Boston Public Library Popular anglophone histories tend to play up England’s settlement of the “New World” , but – in reality – England under Elizabeth I was, by comparison with Spain and France, a minor player on the European scene and for the most part non-existent in the New World ... neftali via Shutterstock ... .

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Today in History

Evening Times 22 May 2020

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Cash in the attic? Now’s the time to go looking

The Irish Times 28 Mar 2020

Kitchen scales ... This Abraham Ortelius map was discovered when an email of a Chinese vase – which had little value – was sent to Mullen’s of Laurel Park ... “Our (now postponed) Collector’s Cabinet sale includes a very early and rare map of Ireland by Abraham Ortelius, which I spotted in the background of a photograph of a not very valuable Chinese vase.

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Amerigo Vespucci: The Forgotten Explorer Who Named America

Ancient Origins 18 Jan 2020

The age of discovery is certainly one of the most dramatic periods of European history - a period of revolutionary voyages and contacts with the fascinating and mysterious New World ... In this New World there were many opportunities, including those of trade, gold, conquest, and riches ... Source ...  . ... (Abraham Ortelius / Public domain ) ... Credit ... .