Abraham Ortelius
Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)
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Antwerp cartographer who mapped the world into the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, basically inventing the modern atlas in 1570. Also casually suggested continents used to be connected—a theory that wouldn't get serious traction for another 350 years.
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Abraham Ortelius was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. He was a notable figure of this school in its golden age and an important geographer of Spain during the age of discovery. The publication of his atlas in 1570 is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish carto…
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