Lot #36: Antique/Vintage Hand Coloured Map by Abraham Ortelius 1573 "Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio".

Nice original colour example of Ortelius' map of America. Ortelius' map of America is without doubt one of the most recognized and influential maps of America from the 16th Century. The map first appeared in the 1570 edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It went through three major revisions, as noted in Van Den Broecke. This is state two, which is identical to state one, exept for the correction to the Azores (Canary Islands in state 1). The map is one of the most influential maps of the 16th and early 17th Centuries, having had a profound impact on contemporary American Cartography. Ortelius's ability to locate and draw upon Spanish and Portuguese sources is apparent throughout the map and is quite remarkable, given the manner in which each nation guarded its cartographic information. From the 1584 Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the World. Nicely framed. Frame: 21,5 x 17". Pickup category timeslot {A}