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Thraciae Veteris Typus - Ortelius A., 1601.



Map of Thrace, oriented to the North.

Date of this print: 1601
Date of the first edition: 1590

Copper engraving
Size: 36 x 48cm (14 x 18.7 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured, sligth browning at centrefold.
Condition Rating: A
References: Van der Krogt 3, 7760:H:31; Van den Broecke, 214.

From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Abrahami Ortelii Antverp. Geographi Regii. Antwerpen, Plantin Press, 1601. (Van der Krogt 3, 1:052)

Made by Ortelius on the basis of Gastaldi's 1560 map of South East Europe, and on information from ancient sources, specifically Herodotus, Plinius, Strabo, Appianus, Virgilius, Plutarchus and Sidonius.

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