Abraham Ortels

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Flemish person cartographer early modern scientist geographer human

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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Abraham Ortels canonical 3

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

Renaissance ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ortels → birthName → Abraham Ortels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortels → alsoKnownAs → Abraham Ortels ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Ortelius