Ortelius Theatrum Mundi

Description

Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, a landmark 16th-century cartographic work, unfolds a vision of an expanding world. Its plates reveal known geography and European imaginings of the unknown. A journey through them is a voyage into the adventure of modern knowledge.

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Q. Curtii Rufi de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni : cum supplementis Freinshemii — No identificado Iustini Historiae Philippicae : cum integris commentariis Iac. Bongarsii, Franc. Modii, Matth. Bernecceri, M.Z. Boxhornii, Is. Vossii, I. Fr. Gronovii, I.G. Graevii, T. Fabri, I. Vorstii, I. Schefferi, et exerptis H. Loriti Glareani atque editoris Oxoniensis — No identificado Traduction des Fastes, avec des notes & des recherches de critique, d'histoire & de philosophie — No identificado List of the works of native and foreign line-engravers in England, from Henry VIII to the Commonwealth — No identificado Œuvres — No identificado An historical account of inventions and discoveries in those arts and sciences, which are of utility or ornament to man, lend assistance to human comfort, a polish to life, and render the civilized state, beyond comparison, preferable to a state of nature; — No identificado
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