Oldenburg Comit. / Thietmarsiae, Holsaticae Regionis Partis Typus

Abraham Ortelius (*1527 - 1598)
Old coloured map of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1609.

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Old coloured antique map of Oldenburg country and Dithmarschen by A. Ortelius. Two maps on one sheet. The right map shows the Oldenburg country between Weser and East Friesland from Bremen to Jever and Wangerooge. With Oldenburg in the centre. Above the title. The left map shows Dithmarschen between the North Sea, Eider and Elbe. From Brunsbüttel to St. Annen, with Heide and Hemmingstedt in the centre. Bottom right a title cartouche. Decorated with a whale and a sailboat. From a Spanish edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum from 1609-41. Spanish text on verso.

Details

CartographerAbraham Ortelius
TitleOldenburg Comit. / Thietmarsiae, Holsaticae Regionis Partis Typus
Publisher, YearA. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1609-41
Plate Size34.7 x 50.2 cm (13.7 x 19.8 inches)
Sheet Size44.5 x 56.7 cm (17.5 x 22.3 inches)
ReferenceVan den Broecke, M.: Ortelius Atlas Maps, No. 93; Van der Krogt, P.: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 2320:31B

Condition

Ink spots on verso. Very good condition.

Cartographer

Abraham Ortelius was born 1527 in Antwerp. He studied mathematics, Greek and Latin and travelled a lot across Europe. He established a business in dealing with books and drawing maps. His first remarkable map was a 8 sheet world map in the year 1564, but only three copies have survived. In 1570 he issued the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern Atlas with uniformly sized maps in a systematic collection. The term Atlas was not used until Mercator introduced it 20 years later. Most of the maps in Theatrum have been engraved by Frans Hogenberg. At the time of publication, the atlas was the most expensive book ever printed. Nevertheless it was a big success and around 7000 copies have been printed until 1612 in many editions and six different languages. Beside the Theatrum, Ortelius compiled a series of historical maps and published it in the Parergon Theatri which was bound with the Theatrum from 1579 onwards or published separately.

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Abraham Ortelius: Oldenburg Comit. / Thietmarsiae, Holsaticae Regionis Partis Typus.
Old coloured map of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1609.

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