Ortelius’ Miniature Map of Sicily (with English text) Date of Publication_c.1770

Ortelius’ Miniature Map of Sicily (with English text) Date of Publication_c.1770Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: These two little books were the earliest world atlases to be published in England and the earliest world atlases with English text. Both are now extremely rare, and they use different series of maps: Shawe used the maps by Arsenius, Norton used the older series by Philip Galle. Shawe's epitome was certainly

His basic configuration proved extremely durable

some folding

but the date and privilege have been erased on our example of the map

conjugate wormhole at centrefold

with a preface by J

A miniature map of Salzburg and Carinthia

subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848

also known as the Smyrna Catastrophe

map of Yemen engraved by Defehrt after Martin

Cumberlandia et Dunelmensis Episcopatus

the latter linked speculatively to New Guinea

Sebastian)