Indiae orientalis ... .
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Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), rightly called the 'Father of Modern Cartography', developed the idea of assembling a compendium of maps to form an atlas. The first edition of his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" was published in 1570 and it was a great success. This facsimile edition depicts China and Japan, albeit with a rather bulbous island of Honshu, and a much diminished and broken version of Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyushu. Ortelius prided himself on using the best possible sources for the maps and the textual descriptions; later sixteenth century editions depicted the Great Wall of China.
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Theatrum orbis terrarum (Lausanne : Sequoia, 1964), fol. 48.
Lausanne : Sequoia.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Facsimile
Maps
Lithographs
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University of Otago Library Atlases: Dbl Oversize [Ref] - G1006 O7 1570
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Roma al tempo di Guilio III : la pianta di Roma di Leonardo Bufalini del 1551
1 map in 24 sections + explanatory book (61 p.) ; in case.
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Roma
Ehrle, Franz, 1845-1934
Biblioteca apostolica vaticana
Maps
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Special Collections Maps: G 6714.R7 1551 (1911)
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Nova vrbis Romae descriptio Antonius Lafrerij
1 map in 12 sections ; 90 x 101 cm., sections each 28 x 36 cm. + explanatory book (70 p. ; 40 cm.)
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Roma
Lafréry, Antoine, 1512-1577
Ehrle, Franz, 1845-1934
Maps
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Special Collections Maps: G 6714.R7 1577 (1908)
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Mappa della campagna Romana del 1547
1 map in 6 sections ; 73 x 81 cm. sections each 36 x 26 cm. + explanatory book (115 p. ; 40 cm.)
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Roma
Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931
Maps
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Special Collections Maps: G 6713.R6 1547 (1914)
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