Abraham Ortelius

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Flemish person cartographer geographer historian human

Abraham Ortelius was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the first modern atlas, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum."

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Abraham Ortelius canonical 17
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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Flemish person ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1598 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1547 ⓘ
birthName Abraham Ortels ⓘ
burialPlace Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula ⓘ
surface form: St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral
countryOfCitizenship Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1527-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1598-06-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Antwerp ⓘ
employer Philip II of Spain ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
history ⓘ
genre atlas ⓘ
historical cartography ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influenced cartography of the 16th century ⓘ
influencedBy Gerardus Mercator ⓘ
knownFor Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ
creating the first modern atlas ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp ⓘ
surface form: Guild of St. Luke (Antwerp)
name Abraham Ortelius self-link ⓘ
nationality Flemish ⓘ
nativeLanguage Dutch ⓘ
notableIdea concept of a comprehensive world atlas ⓘ
notableWork Parergon ⓘ
Synonymia Geographica ⓘ
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
engraver ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Antwerp ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
placeOfDeath Antwerp ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
positionHeld Royal Cartographer to Philip II of Spain ⓘ
publisherOf Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
workLocation Antwerp ⓘ

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Dutch Golden Age cartography → hasNotableFigure → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum → creator → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum → author → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum → compiler → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Abraham Ortelius → name → Abraham Ortelius self-link ⓘ
Ortelius’s Parergon → creator → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Ortelius’s Parergon → publisher → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Ortelius’s Parergon → cartographer → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Theatre of the World → author → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Theatre of the World → cartographer → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Gilles Coppens de Diest → collaboratedWith → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Synonymia Geographica → author → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Synonymia Geographica → contributor → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Synonymia Geographica → relatedWork → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Parergon → creator → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Parergon → author → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Parergon → cartographer → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Abraham Ortels → alsoKnownAs → Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Ortelius
this entity surface form: Ortelius