Abraham Ortellius
Life: April 14 1527- June 28 1598
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation: Cartographer, Geographer, Archaeologist
History: When he was born, his family moved to Augsburg. The death of his father caused him to sell maps to support his family. Soon it lead to him to make his own map or rather, an atlas called "Theatrum orbis terrarum" which appeared in 1570. He used the most modern and reliable map he could find put them together to create the atlas (He also put all credit to the makers of the maps if possible) and added few bits such as old ancient cities, edited map so they fitted together and other such. Later other version of the map were published around the Europe. He also created the bases for the idea of plate tectonics (no, he didn't come up with Pangaea) by which the continents seemed to fit into each other such as South America looks it could connect to Africa.
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation: Cartographer, Geographer, Archaeologist
History: When he was born, his family moved to Augsburg. The death of his father caused him to sell maps to support his family. Soon it lead to him to make his own map or rather, an atlas called "Theatrum orbis terrarum" which appeared in 1570. He used the most modern and reliable map he could find put them together to create the atlas (He also put all credit to the makers of the maps if possible) and added few bits such as old ancient cities, edited map so they fitted together and other such. Later other version of the map were published around the Europe. He also created the bases for the idea of plate tectonics (no, he didn't come up with Pangaea) by which the continents seemed to fit into each other such as South America looks it could connect to Africa.
Resources
Broecke, Marcel Van Den. "Unstable Editions of Ortelius' Atlas." Unstable Editions of Ortelius' Atlas. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
"Abraham Ortelius." Ortelius Management AB Abraham Ortelius Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
Knight, Kevin. "Abraham Ortelius." CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA:. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
"Abraham Ortelius." Ortelius Management AB Abraham Ortelius Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
Knight, Kevin. "Abraham Ortelius." CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA:. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.