Abraham Ortels

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Abraham Ortels, better known as Abraham Ortelius, was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer and geographer renowned for creating the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Flemish person
cartographer
early modern scientist
geographer
human
alsoKnownAs Abraham Ortels
Ortelius
linked to: Abraham Ortelius
birthName Abraham Ortels
burialPlace Antwerp
countryOfCitizenship Habsburg Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1527-04-14
dateOfDeath 1598-06-28
educatedAt Antwerp
employer Plantin Press
era Age of Discovery
linked to: Age of Exploration

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ethnicGroup Flemish
fieldOfWork cartography
geography
historical cartography
genre atlas
map
hasWorkInCollection Library of Congress
Royal Library of Belgium
influenced later European atlas makers
influencedBy Gerardus Mercator
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
French
German
Latin
notableAchievement compiled maps from multiple contemporary cartographers
created the first modern atlas
standardized atlas format for printed maps
notableWork Parergon
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
occupation cartographer
engraver
geographer
map seller
publisher
placeOfBirth Antwerp
Habsburg Netherlands
placeOfDeath Antwerp
Spanish Netherlands
religion Roman Catholicism
theatrumOrbisTerrarumFirstPublished 1570
theatrumOrbisTerrarumLanguage Latin
theatrumOrbisTerrarumPlaceOfPublication Antwerp
workLocation Antwerp
Antwerp Stock Exchange

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Abraham Ortelius birthName Abraham Ortels
Abraham Ortelius birthName Abraham Ortels
subject linked to: Abraham Ortels
Abraham Ortelius alsoKnownAs Abraham Ortels
subject linked to: Abraham Ortels