Provenance: Gerhart von Aevenschleve Valtinsson, blindstamped arms dated 1589 on covers. In 1590 Abraham Ortelius published a new supplement, Additamentum IV, to his atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum. First published in 1570, this updated edition contains 115 maps in the first part, and 32 maps in the 'Parergon'. Through its launching, pre-eminence in map publishing was transferred from Italy to the Netherlands leading to over a hundred years of Dutch supremacy in all facets of cartographical production" (Shirley). There has been a long-standing fascination with maps throughout the ages which probably comes, in part, from the political and human nuances that are.
each of Ortelius' maps was engraved specifically for his atlas according to uniform format. Abraham Ortelius’ first world atlas a 16th century view on the world in. the best available maps of the world by the most renowned and up-to-date geographers. The Victoria, a Spanish carrack, ship of Ferdinand Magellans Armada de Molucca. First edition, second state with - Available at 2020 March 4 Rare Books. all the elements of the modern atlas were brought to publication in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Original western hemisphere - Available at 2018 September 13 Rare Books &. Idealized portrait of Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. On September 25, 1513, Vasco Núñez de Balboa sighted the Pacific Ocean, which he called Mar del Sur (South Sea). Theatrum orbis terrarum, 3 parts in 1 vol., Latin text, hand-coloured allegorical engraved title, engraved portrait and 147 HAND-COLOURED DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS, uncoloured woodcut title to the 'Parergon', a few maps loose with traces of tape on verso, contemporary blindstamped German pigskin over wooden boards, central stamped arms dated 1589, metal corner pieces and clasps, upper section of spine chipped and split, some loss to outer margin of rear cover exposing board, lacking 2 corner pieces and one clasp folio (485 x 310mm.), Since Karel van Mander's 1604 biography of the artist is a literary construction and the few archival sources that directly concern the artist are inconclusive, Abraham Ortelius becomes the most important key witness to the intellectual network in which Bruegel found himself. In the vicinity of Veragua, he received vague reports of the existence of a very rich country called Ciguara and of the Pacific Ocean, which he considered the sea of Trans-Gangetic India.
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