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Ortelius 2 2 34 Resz
Ortelius 2 Perpetual License includes all minor updates and feature releases within the current version, Ortelius 2. Does not include major upgrades to next major point release, e.g., version 3.0. License may be used with up to 2 computers within a single household. Facts and speculations on production and survival of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and its maps' in The Map Collector 36, pp.2-12. Meurer, 'Fontes Cartographici Orteliani: das 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' von Abraham Ortelius und seine Kartenquellen', (Weinheim: VCH, 1991).
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Title
Asiae Nova Descriptio
1572 (undated) 15 x 20 in (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
1572 (undated) 15 x 20 in (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Description
A scarce and stunning first edition example of Abraham Ortelius' important 1572 map of Asia. Covers from Europe and Africa eastward to include all of Asia, the East Indies, Japan, and parts of New Guinea and Australia. From west to east, this map offers numerous elements worthy of further study. The Caspian Sea, according to the convention of the time, is presented on an east-west rather than north-south axis. Arabia is projected in a distended form. Further east in western China, Cayamay lacus is depicted. This mythical body of water was postulated by Ortelius to be the source great rivers of Southeast Asia. Indeed, Ortelius crisscrosses East Asia with a vast network of waterways advocating his belief that a water route existed through China to the North Sea and hence, via the Northeast Passage, to Europe. Still further east Japan appears in a distorted top heavy projection that resembles a tadpole. To the south Luzon is absent from the Philippine Islands. In the extreme southeast portion of the map Australia appears as 'Terrae Incognitae Australis.' East of China, two sailing ships ply the waters of the Pacific. A large decorative title cartouche adorns the lower left hand quadrant.
Ortelius based this map on his own wall map of 1567. This map was issued as page 3 in the 1872-73 German language edition of Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and corresponds to Van den Broecke's Ort 6 classification, predating the more common Ort 7 map of Asia that appeared in 1574. Ortelius printed only 1675 copies of this edition of Asiae Nova Descriptio (Ort 6) as opposed to nearly 7000 of the 1574 (Ort 7) edition
Ortelius based this map on his own wall map of 1567. This map was issued as page 3 in the 1872-73 German language edition of Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and corresponds to Van den Broecke's Ort 6 classification, predating the more common Ort 7 map of Asia that appeared in 1574. Ortelius printed only 1675 copies of this edition of Asiae Nova Descriptio (Ort 6) as opposed to nearly 7000 of the 1574 (Ort 7) edition
Cartographer
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Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) was one of the most important figures in the history of cartography and is most famously credited with the compilation of the seminal 1570 atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, generally considered to be the world's first modern atlas. Ortelius was born in Antwerp and began his cartographic career in 1547 as a typesetter for the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke. In this role Ortelius traveled extensively through Europe where he came into contact with Mercator, under whose influence, he marketed himself as a 'scientific geographer'. In this course of his long career he published numerous important maps as well as issued several updated editions of his cardinal work, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Late in his career Ortelius was appointed Royal Cartographer to King Phillip II of Spain. Anytrans 5 3 1. On his death in July fourth, 1598, Ortelius' body was buried in St Michael's Præmonstratensian Abbey , Antwerp, where his tombstone reads, Quietis cultor sine lite, uxore, prole.
Source
Ortelius, A., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, (1572 German language edition)
Condition
Ortelius 2 2 34 Cm
Very good condition. Light overall toning. Minor discoloraiton on original centerfold. Minor centerfold reinforcement on verso - bottom center, extening about 2 inches into the map.
References
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Phillips (Atlases) 374. Library of Congress, Map Division, G1006 .T5 1570b. Van den Broecke, M., Ortelius Atlsa Maps: An Illustrated Guide, Ort 6, 1572/1573G3 (see also the very similar but more common Ort 7). Koeman, C., Atlantes Neerlandici…, 3. Tibbets G. R., Arabia in Early Maps, map 34, p. 48. Schilder,G. The Wall Maps by Abraham Ortelius p. 93-124. Heintz. M. & Reiter, C. Asiæ Descriptio and the Judgment Day Painting, p. 125-132. Suarez, T., Early Mapping of South-East Asia, p. 164-170. Lutz, W., Japan: A Cartographic Vision: European Printed Maps from teh early 16th to the19th Century, 11C. Quirino, C., Philippine Cartography,1320-1899, p. 76. Clancy, R., The Mapping of Terra Australis, 1.12. Yeo, J., Mapping the Continent of Asia, #5. Van Der Krogt, Peter C. J., Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, AN: 8000:31A. Cortazzi, H., Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan, pl. 19.
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Typus Orbis Terrarum. Anvers, 1588. Beau col. Bel exemplaire en beau coloris bien que postérieur. - A fine copy later coloured. 330 x 475 mm. * Seconde planche, 2e état. Publiée dans la rare édition en espagnol de 1588. Ch. Plantin, après avoir séjourné à Leyde, en pays calviniste, dut prouver sa loyauté envers le roi d'Espagne et décida de publier une édition avec le texte en espagnol, dédicacée au futur roi d'Espagne Philippe II. Le moine franciscain Balthasar Vincentius fut chargé de la traduction en espagnol. - From the rare Spanish text edition of 1588. A state two (without date) of the second plate of this influential, and famous World map, issued in the first regularly produced world atlas. The map is a careful reduction of Mercator's landmark wall-map of the world. South America retains the unusual bulged south-west coast drawn by Mercator. >There is also a prudent comment adjacent to New Guinea querying whether this large island is part of the southern continent or not. The plate has been signed by his engraver, Frans Hogenberg.> The bottom of this map reads: QUID EI POTEST VIDERI MAGNUM IN REBUS HUMANIS, CUI AETERNITAS OMNIS, TOTIUSQUE MUNDI NOTA SIT MAGNITUDO. CICERO:According Marcel van den Broecke, the plate was introduced first with an engraved date of 1586 in 1587, but at the end of the year the date was removed. This second plate is far most the rarest, and he estimates that only 300 copies of this Spanish text edition have been printed.The Spanish text edition is the imitative of Christoffel Plantin himself. After a short stay in Calvinistic Leiden it was necessary for him to prove his loyalty to the Spanish king, so he decided to publish a Spanish translation of the 'Theatrum', dedicated to the future King Philip III.The Franciscan monk Balthasar Vincentius translated the text into Spanish. - Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas maps, 2.2 (Voir reproduction en page 4 de couverture)
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