Abraham Ortelius Atlas
1570
The Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius published the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the first modern atlas, containing over fifty maps of the known world in a uniform format. It quickly became a standard reference work, reprinted in numerous editions and translated into several languages. The systematic compilation into one standardized volume made it possible for educated Europeans to visualize the entire known world.
In context
Also in 1570 (4 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1569: Rising of the Northern Earls
- After: October 7, 1571: Lepanto
Before and after in Science
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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