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Description: | Engraving. This highly decorative, illustrated map of Russia was first published as part of the atlas ‘Teatrum Orbis Terrarum’ (‘Theatre of the World’; published 1570), by Flemish cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). ‘Teatrum Orbis Terrarum’, which has been described as a ‘compendium of maps’, is considered to be the first modern atlas, i.e. the first systematic representation of the entire world. The work consisted of 70 engraved maps, each based on a previously published example, and listed the 87 known cartographers whose contributions were included. The maps, which each had an explanatory text on the back, were bound together in book format. As the 31 subsequent editions were published, the atlas grew considerably larger. A version published in 1612 included 167 maps and gave 183 bibliographical references. | Subjects: | prayer spear arrow horse sea execution horseback hanging soldier tent/marquee camel topography tree map beard sheep bow townscape/cityscape man Madonna sword | Temporal: | 1562 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Anthony Jenkinson | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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