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Ortelius' work, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, was the first uniformly sized, systematic collection of maps this work can therefore be called the first atlas (although the term was not used until 20 years later by Mercator). (From leading Ortelius scholar Marcel van den Broecke.)Ībraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) was a Flemish cartographer & geographer, celebrated as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). (Lower left:) "Ifran castel:|lum, hic prope | sunt æris fo:|dinæ". , which used to comprise Mauretania and Lesser Africa as well.] (Right centre:) "Lacus aquæ calidæ leprosos sanas" (Along bottom:) "Libyæ pars. (Lower right:) "die vocatur | totus ille Africæ | tractus maritimus | qui olim vtramque Mauri:|taniam, et Africam minorem | continebat". "Lemta desertum, aridißi:|mum est, et incolis latroni:|bus infestum". "Guargala, ciuitas | eleganti structura, | dactilorû hic maxima | vbertas, Incolæ ditißimi sed | propter carnium inopiam. Arabes | venatores tamen hic | maximas prædas agunt". | Hic lacus situs est in | medio arenæ, omni habi:|tatione vacuum. "Tegazza, hic salis fodine, | vnde sal in vicinas prouin:|cias defertur. | ubi multa ad:|huc antiqua | monumê|ta extant". "Guadem, vicus miser:|rimis incolis habitatus, | venationibus victum quærunt".
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"Desertum Azoahad | aridißimû, in quo neque | aquam neque habitationem in | centesimo vix reperias milliario". (At the bottom of the page, from left to right:) "Azanaga, | Huius incolæ os veluti pu:|dendum coperiunt, neque | detegunt nisi sumendi cibi gratia".
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(Texts on map: 5 lines west of Gibraltar:) Golfo de las ye:|guas, "id est Sinus e:|quarum: à demersis | inibi equabus, vt refert Fernandus Ouiedus". Title: BARBARIAE ET BILEDVLGERID, NOVA DESCRIPTIO. More background: Map of the North African Barbary Coast. From the first modern atlas- the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius.Size: 17 x 21.5 inchesĢ50 copies originally printed. more Title/Content of Map: Barbariae Et Biledulgerid Nova DescriptioDate Printed: 1579Cartographer: Abraham OrteliusMaterial/Medium: No color. From the first modern atlas- the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius.Size: 17 x 21.5 inches 250 copies originally printed. Title/Content of Map: Barbariae Et Biledulgerid Nova DescriptioDate Printed: 1579Cartographer: Abraham OrteliusMaterial/Medium: No color.