Typvs Orbis Terrarvm

Collection: Osher Collection

Name: Typvs Orbis Terrarvm

Barcode: 285

Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Printmaker: Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590

From Atlas: Yes

Publishing Location: Antwerp

Notes: Note above neatline: "Franciscus Hogenbergus Sculpsit". Quote from Cicero at the bottom the map: "Quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis cui asternitas omnis, totiusque mundi nota sit magnitudo. Cicero:" (For what human affairs can seem important to a man who keeps all eternity before his eyes and knows the vastness of the universe?) Verso: Latin text titled "Orbis Terrarum."

Publisher: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Date/Date Range Produced: 1570

Date/Date Range Published: 1570

Language: Latin

Region Depicted: World

Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps

Dimensions: H 34 x W 51 cm. on sheet H 37 x W 52 cm.

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

LC Call Number: G3200 1570 .O7

OCLC: 830862989

Donor: Osher

Subjects: AnimalsFishesFlyingfishesHogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590Imaginary creaturesMaps--Early works to 1800Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598Sailing shipsSea monstersWorld maps

Permenant URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/285.0001; 285.0002