Ortelius’s Parergon
E321734
Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ortelius’s Parergon canonical | 1 |
| Supplement to the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3026846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ortelius’s Parergon Context triple: [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, relatedWork, Ortelius’s Parergon]
-
A.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
-
B.
Mercator–Hondius atlas
The Mercator–Hondius atlas is a landmark early 17th-century world atlas that combined and expanded Gerardus Mercator’s pioneering cartographic work under the publishing direction of Jodocus Hondius, becoming one of the most influential map collections of the Dutch Golden Age.
-
C.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
-
D.
Waghenaer’s sea atlases
Waghenaer’s sea atlases are pioneering late-16th-century Dutch nautical chart books that revolutionized maritime navigation and helped establish the Netherlands as a leading seafaring and cartographic power.
-
E.
Geographia
Geographia is an influential ancient geographical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically mapped the known world and shaped cartography for centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ortelius’s Parergon Target entity description: Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
-
A.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
-
B.
Mercator–Hondius atlas
The Mercator–Hondius atlas is a landmark early 17th-century world atlas that combined and expanded Gerardus Mercator’s pioneering cartographic work under the publishing direction of Jodocus Hondius, becoming one of the most influential map collections of the Dutch Golden Age.
-
C.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
-
D.
Waghenaer’s sea atlases
Waghenaer’s sea atlases are pioneering late-16th-century Dutch nautical chart books that revolutionized maritime navigation and helped establish the Netherlands as a leading seafaring and cartographic power.
-
E.
Geographia
Geographia is an influential ancient geographical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically mapped the known world and shaped cartography for centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical atlas
ⓘ
map series ⓘ |
| aim |
to complement contemporary geographic knowledge with historical context
ⓘ
to visualize historical and biblical narratives ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Christophe Plantin
ⓘ
surface form:
Christopher Plantin
|
| cartographer | Abraham Ortelius ⓘ |
| cartographicInnovation |
systematic mapping of historical periods
ⓘ
use of extensive textual annotations on maps ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | Abraham Ortelius ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ historical geography ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| genre |
historical cartography
ⓘ
thematic cartography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
early modern historical geography
ⓘ
later historical atlases ⓘ |
| hasMapFeature |
allegorical figures
ⓘ
ancient place names ⓘ decorative cartouches ⓘ historical notes on the map surface ⓘ |
| hasPart |
maps of ancient Greece
ⓘ
maps of biblical history ⓘ maps of classical mythology ⓘ maps of historical regions ⓘ maps of the Holy Land ⓘ maps of the Roman Empire ⓘ maps of the ancient world ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDepicted |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
biblical era ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ |
| isSupplementTo | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mapType | engraved maps ⓘ |
| medium | printed book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on historical geography
ⓘ
integration of historical commentary with maps ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Antwerp ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | copperplate engraving ⓘ |
| publisher | Abraham Ortelius ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ |
| subject |
ancient history
ⓘ
biblical history ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ historical regions of Europe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Ortelius’s Parergon Description of subject: Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.