Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (born 1527)

Abraham Ortelius

Dutch cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)

Abraham Ortelius was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius is generally considered one…