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English: Detail of the Galapagos Islands (Insulae de los Galopegos, "Islands of the Tortoises") from the "New Description of America or the New World" (Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio) from a colored copy of the 1595 edition of the Theater of the Lands of the World (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum).
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Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
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Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description Spanish-Dutch cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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current00:32, 4 May 2023Thumbnail for version as of 00:32, 4 May 2023794 × 578 (142 KB)LlywelynIIFile:Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.jpg cropped using CropTool.

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