Abraham Ortelius

Abraham Ortelius was a male cartographer, historian, engraver, and geographer from the Spanish Netherlands. Born in Antwerp in 1527, he worked and died in the same city on June 28, 1598. He was a member of the Catholic Church and wrote in Latin. His primary field of work included cartography and geography, with maps serving as his main genre.

Ortelius is noted for his work *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*. Other significant works include *Abrahami Ortelii Antuerpiani Thesaurus geographicus*, *Abrahami Ortelii Theatri orbis terrarvm parergon*, *Gotfr. Hegeniti Itinerarium frisio-hollandicum*, *et Abr. Ortelii Itinerarium gallo-brabanticum*, *C. Iulii Caesaris Quae extant ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri*, and *Petri Divaei ... Opera varia: scilicet rerum Lovaniensium libri IV*. His works are held in collections such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the State Library of New South Wales.