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English: Map of Europe by Abraham Ortelius (Title:Europae)

Name of map  : Europae
Cartographer  : Ortelius (1527-1598)
Map number  : Ort 4; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III):5
Copy from edition: 1571 Latin; Page signature: 5
Estimated number of copies printed: 3025
Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 165
Area displayed  : Europe, Iceland, part of Greenland, North Africa, Western part of Middle East;
Plate size  : 347 x 469 mm;
Paper size  : 385 x 548 mm;
Margins, left  : 40 mm, right: 39 mm;

upper  : 35 mm, lower: 6 mm;

Paper thickness and quality: very heavy and strong;
Paper color  : off white;

Age of map color: later coloring, expertly executed
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Source Euriskodata Cdrom
Author
Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description Spanish-Dutch cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q232916
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current17:26, 5 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:26, 5 December 20106,768 × 5,160 (32.01 MB)JooprVeel hogere resolutie
23:42, 2 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:42, 2 December 20072,749 × 2,017 (5.39 MB)Joopr{{Information |Description=Europe Ortelius |Source=http://www.orteliusmaps.com/stocklists/acquisitions.html |Date=1572 |Author=Ortelius |Permission= |other_versions= }}
23:29, 2 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:29, 2 December 20073,035 × 2,244 (4.32 MB)Joopr{{Information |Description=Europe by Ortelius |Source=http://www.orteliusmaps.com/stocklists/9.html |Date=1572 |Author=Ortelius |Permission= |other_versions= }}

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