Ortelius’ Map of Ancient Gaul
Van den Broecke stresses the significance of this map of Gaul: “in contrast to plate Ort 194 [Gallia vetus, based on Caesar’s commentaries], this m...
View full detailsVan den Broecke stresses the significance of this map of Gaul: “in contrast to plate Ort 194 [Gallia vetus, based on Caesar’s commentaries], this m...
View full detailsBraunsvicensis, et Luneburgensis dvcatvvm vera delineat… Norimberg. Agri, Fidissima descrip… Here we see two maps on one sheet, the Duchy of Brunsw...
View full detailsTransilvania Copper engraving, 33 x 45 cm, modern hand-colour, Latin text on verso. This is the second version of Ortelius’ map of Transylvania, n...
View full detailsHispaniae veteris typus Our example of this map of Ancient Spain was published by Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press, in the final edition of t...
View full detailsRomaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) Vicinarumque Regionum, uti Bulgariae, Walachiae, Syrfiae, etc. Descriptio This map shows the Lower Danube regio...
View full detailsAeneae Troiani Navigatio, as Virgilii sex priores Aeneidos This of the eastern Mediterranean depicts the wanderings of the legendary Trojan prince ...
View full detailsThis map of Ancient Gaul was engraved on the basis of Caesar’s commentaries on the Gallic Wars, his first hand account of the campaign. The text on...
View full detailsNatoliae quae olim Asia Minor nova descriptio / Aegypti recentior descriptio / Carthaginis celeberrimi sinus typus Here on one sheet we have three ...
View full detailsDaciarum, Moesiarumque, vetus descriptio This map of Ancient Dacia and Moesia, modern Romania and Bulgaria on the Black Sea was published by Baltha...
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