Speculum Orbis Terrae
Illustration — Title page of Speculum Orbis Terrae. Speculum Orbis Terrae ("Mirror of the World") was an atlas published by Cornelis de Jode in Antwerp in 1593. Contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior, both in detail and style, to those of the competing atlas of the time, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Ortelius.
Speculum Orbis Terrae
Jode, Cornelis de · Public domain
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- Cornelis de Jode.
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- 1593.
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Illustration — Title page of Speculum Orbis Terrae. Speculum Orbis Terrae ("Mirror of the World") was an atlas published by Cornelis de Jode in Antwerp in 1593. Contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior, both in detail and style, to those of the competing atlas of the time, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Ortelius.
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However, de Jode's atlas never sold well. After de Jode's death in 1600, the engraving plates were sold to J. Vrients (who also owned the Ortelius plates), and the complete work was not published again.
* • Illustration — Map of the Northern hemisphere. Color print from copper engraving (printer Arnold Coninx), Antwerp, 1593. — • Illustration — Map of the Southern hemisphere. • Illustration — The known world from Speculum Orbis Terrae, 1593.
World map; title: Totius Orbis Cogniti Universalis Descriptio; size 35 x 50 cm
Jode, Gerard en Cornelis de · Universiteits Bibliotheek Amsterdam
1593 Americae Pars Borealis Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis.
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1593
Speculum Orbis Terrae published.
2009
Atlas świata Speculum Orbis Terrae i jego włocławski egzemplarz (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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