Barbariae et Biledvlgerid: Ortelius 1608

Title: Barbariae et Biledvlgerid, Nova Descriptio Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: 1608 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, issued center fold, light foxing Inches: 19 3/4 x 13 [Plate Mark] Centimeters: 50.17 x 33.02 [Plate Mark] Product ID: 233066 Map of northeast Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Ibiza, Menorca, Formentera), the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa), and parts of Spain, Italy, and Albania. Abraham Ortelius was a true Renaissance man. He served as Cosmographer to Phillip II, King of Spain, and in addition worked as a book dealer, cartographer, numismatist, naturalist, and historian. He had wide interests in classical scholarship and made his fortune in bookmaking and selling. He spoke six languages and had reasonable command of two others. He was without doubt one of the most prominen