Galle’s famous oneliner The bottom cartouche reads: Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orbem, Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Or: Ortelius gave the mortals the world to admire and Galle gave the world... More info
Tonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden by Blaeu In front of the title page, a fronticpiece was regularly depicted, allegorically indicating which region of the world was included in... More info
Rotterdam commented by Braun “Rotterdam is a city in northern Holland that is known far and wide because of the glorious Erasmus of Rotterdam. In the Dutch language it is... More info
Asia Nova Descriptio Ortelius’ fine map of Asia well represents the continent at a time when Europeans were expanding their power in the far east. Showing all of Asia, India,... More info