Abraham Ortelius
Spain and Portugal, 1584
15 ½ x 20 in
39 x 51 cm
39 x 51 cm
SP2176
Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editio Nes Locupletissima Descriptio. This is the first atlas map of the Iberian Peninsula and is based on the work of several cartographers. In...
Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editio Nes Locupletissima Descriptio.
This is the first atlas map of the Iberian Peninsula and is based on the work of several cartographers. In his "Catalogum Auctorum" Ortelius mentions Giacomo Gastaldi, Vincentius Corsulensis, Henricus Gorchomius and Thomas Geminus for his main sources.
As is often the case, it became the template for maps of the region for over fifty years after its original publication in 1570.
Latin text on verso. Image available upon request. Coloured. [SP2176]
