AD 1572 · 16th century · Antwerp

Typus Orbis Terrarum, plate 1, 1572 impression

Abraham Ortelius

A 1572 impression keeps the early plate visible across the atlas’s rapid first sequence of language editions.

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Typus Orbis Terrarum world map in a 1572 impression
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Cartographer Abraham Ortelius
Engraver Frans Hogenberg
State Ort 1, early state
Medium Copper engraving

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  • plate state
  • world map
  • atlas
  • copper engraving

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