Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

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British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x0001be

Flemish geographer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Antwerp, to his nephew, Jacob Cole in London, 1587 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609746

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Antwerp, to his cousin, Emmanuel van Meteren in London, 1557 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609747

Ortelius was a Flemish geographer, of German origin, who completed the first modern atlas of the world.

From the description of Correspondence, 1563-1608. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78440371

From the guide to the Correspondence, 1563-1608., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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creatorOf Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Letter. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581. Commonplace book with many extracts from sixteenth century Latin authors, compiled ca. 1600. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Paludanus, Bernard, 1550-1633. A letter to Abraham Ortelius : Enkhuizen, 22 March 1596. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Richman, Irving Berdine, 1861-1938,. Collection of photostatic reproductions of manuscript, traced, and printed maps showing California and the Pacific Coast : based on sources from the 16th through 19th centuries [not after 1911]. Newberry Library
creatorOf Camden, William, 1551-1623. Autograph letter signed : Westminister, to Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, 1578 Oct. 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Paludanus, Bernard, 1550-1633. A letter to Abraham Ortelius : Enkhuizen, 20 December 1596. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Camden, William, 1551-1623. Autograph letter signed : Westminster, to Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, 1577 Aug. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Correspondence, 1563-1608. Houghton Library
creatorOf Reynolds, Nicholas, fl.1573. [Letter from Nicholas Reynolds to Abraham Ortelius ca. 1573]. The British Library, Group Batchload
creatorOf Paludanus, Bernard, 1550-1633. A letter to Abraham Ortelius : Enkhuizen, 22 March 1596. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Autograph letter signed : Antwerp, to his nephew, Jacob Cole in London, 1587 Jan. 19. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Autograph letter signed : Antwerp, to his cousin, Emmanuel van Meteren in London, 1557 Oct. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Welser, Marcus, 1558-1614. Autograph letter signed : to Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, 1597 Jul. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Welser, Marcus, 1558-1614. Autograph letter signed : Augsburg, to Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, 1591 Nov. 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Wierix, Antonie, 16th cent.,. Ordines sacri romani imp. ab Ottone III instituti : engravings. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Dee, John, 1527-1608. Letter in Latin signed : Mortlake, to Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, 1577 Jan. 16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Knevet, Ralph. Three devotional poems, by Ralph Knevet. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
creatorOf Paludanus, Bernard, 1550-1633. A letter to Abraham Ortelius : Enkhuizen, 20 December 1596. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Schryver, Alexander, fl. 1578. Letter : to Abraham Ortelius : manuscript, 1579 Apr. 5. Houghton Library
creatorOf Reynolds, Nicholas, fl.1573. [Letter from Nicholas Reynolds to Abraham Ortelius ca. 1573]. The British Library, Group Batchload
referencedIn ORIGINAL letters of foreign scholars, men of science, etc.; 1477-1839. 1. Angelo Politiano [?] to Nicolo Michalotti; Florence, 17 Oct. 1477. Ital. f.1. 2. Nicolo Mashiavelli to Pietro Bracaio de' Martelli, Florentine Ambassador at Naples; Florence, ..., 1477-1839 British Library
referencedIn ORIGINAL letters and autographs of reformers, divines, and scholars of Germany, Holland, and Switzerland; from 1517 to 1812, viz.: 1. Petrus de Candia, to the Chapter of Aquæ [Aix, in France]; dat. Rome, 22 Feb. 1517. Lat. f. 2. 2. Caspar Hedio, refo..., 1517-1812 British Library
creatorOf Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland, 1573-1575 British Library
referencedIn Antiquarian Maps Collection, 1493 - 1962 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Correspondence, 1563-1608. Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
referencedIn Three devotional poems, by Ralph Knevet, 1660s GB 206 Leeds University Library
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associatedWith Abraham Ortelius person
associatedWith Albrecht Dürer. person
associatedWith Camden, William, 1551-1623. person
associatedWith Camerarius, Joachim, 1534-1598. person
associatedWith Cole, Jacob, 1563-1628, person
associatedWith Dee, John, 1527-1608. person
associatedWith Dibner, Bern, person
associatedWith Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. person
associatedWith Emmanuel van Meteren person
associatedWith Houghton Library. person
associatedWith Jacob Cole person
associatedWith Johannes Wierix. person
associatedWith Knevet, Ralph. person
associatedWith Meteren, Emmanuel van, 1535-1612, person
associatedWith Paludanus, Bernard, 1550-1633. person
associatedWith Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589. person
associatedWith Raphelengius, Franciscus, 1539-1597. person
associatedWith Reynolds, Nicholas, fl.1573. person
associatedWith Richman, Irving Berdine, 1861-1938, person
associatedWith Sambucus, Johannes, 1531-1584 person
associatedWith Schryver, Alexander, fl. 1578. person
associatedWith Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections. corporateBody
associatedWith Welser, Marcus, 1558-1614. person
associatedWith Wierix, Antonie, 16th cent., person
associatedWith Zsámboki, János, 1531-1584, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Switzerland, Europe
Germany, Europe
Aix in Provence, France
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Subject
Atlases
Authors and publishers
Occupation
Cartographer
Geographers
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Birth 1527-04-14

Death 1598-06-28

Dutch

Latin,

German

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