Ortelius

Ortelius, the Latin form of the name of ABRAHAM ORTELL, or ÖRTEL, who, born of German parents in 1527 at Antwerp, where he also died in 1598, published the earliest atlas under the title Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570); a critical work on ancient geography, Synonymia Geographica (1578), re-issued, greatly improved, as Thesaurus Geographicus (1596); and other geographical works. He was also a frequent traveller to England, Ireland (1577), and Italy, and the countries between.