A 1570 map will not have razor-straight edges in its original form. Ortelius’ Theatrum was perhaps the single most influential set of maps published in the 16th Century. Early matching set of maps of the World and Continents, from Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern World Atlas, 1598. I'm uncomfortable with the cropping out of the borders. Ortelius: his World Continents maps A Unique set from the same French atlas 1598.Support as nominator - Indefatigable2 ( talk) 16:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC) Reply.

Reason A high resolution scan of the famous world map from the first true modern atlas, created by Abraham Ortelius and published in Antwerp Articles in which this image appears Abraham Ortelius, Age of Discovery, Commercial Revolution, Early world maps, History of cartography, Prime meridian, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, World map FP category for this image Creator Abraham Ortelius

Three Latin editions of this (besides a Dutch, a French and a German edition) appeared before the end of 1572 twenty-five editions came out before Ortelius' death in 1598 and several others were published subsequently, for the atlas continued to be in demand till about 1612. Voting period ends on at 16:56:33 (UTC) Original – In 1570 (May 20) Gilles Coppens de Diest at Antwerp published 53 maps created by Abraham Ortelius under the title Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the 'first modern atlas'. The oval world map used previously has been updated in two major respects: South America now assumes the correct shape, and the Solomon Isles are marked for the first time. Abraham Ortelius' 1570 world map, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum This map has four medallions in the corners with classical texts two from Cicero and two from Seneca.

Abraham ortelius world map