Aeneae Troiani Navigatio, as Virgilii sex priores Aeneidos.
by Ortelius, Abraham
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Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus , 1624. Copper engraving, 35 x 49 cms, trivial adhesion damage in left hand part of the map, above a depiction of the storm which preceded Aeneas landing at Carthage; modern hand colour, Latin text on verso. Map of the eastern Mediterranean which depicts the wanderings of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas after the fall of Troy, "according to the first six books of Virgil's Aeneid", the epic poem which served as Rome's foundation myth. Our example was published by Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press, in the final edition of the Parergon. Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is generally considered the first modern atlas of the world, originally published in 1570. Ortelius gathered and selected the best available cartographic knowledge and presented it in a single volume, duly credited and finely engraved in a consistent style, with explanatory text. The Theatrum was very decorative and hugely popular amongst the wealthy and educated, running into over forty editions in Latin and the major European languages. For Ortelius himself, however, his accompanying atlas of ancient geography, the Parergon, was a "personal work" (Koeman). He seems to have regarded himself, first and foremost, as an antiquary and, rather than copying other people's maps, he drew the originals himself; they were subsequently engraved for him by the master engraver Jan Wierix. The results have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century (Koeman). Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 46. Van den Broecke 223.3 Map
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- Bryars and Bryars (GB)
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- Title
- Aeneae Troiani Navigatio, as Virgilii sex priores Aeneidos.
- Author
- Ortelius, Abraham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Plantin-Moretus
- Place of Publication
- Antwerp
- Date Published
- 1624
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