TEHATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM
Summary:
Pergamenata Stucco Fedrigoni
Abraham Ortelius ( Paraegon author: Ptolomeo)
Biblioteca Universidad de Salamanca
a bookcase with a ribbon reproducing the frontispiece of the original work
Description:
The quintessence of modern cartography, which broke the geographical limits of the time, be-coming the essential reference work for kings and rulers for their political strategies. In addition to an orderly and uniform form, it provides not only maps of each region of the known world but also information about its history, gastronomy, crafts, trade... His work is so important for the time of discovery that he was considered the successor of Ptolemy. . A total of 170 maps, double-sided and drawn by hand, containing a unique world map for the time and maps of the continents of Africa and Asia, as well as Europe. Using paper identical to the original and by joining each of the 700 pages by hand, with the Escartivana technique.