Britanniae et Normandiae Typus: Ortelius, c.600

Title: Britanniae et Normandiae Typus Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: c.1600 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Inches: 19 3/4 x 14 5/8 [Image] Centimeters: 50.17 x 37.15 [Image] Product ID: 233037 Map of Brittany and Normandy, France, by Abraham Ortelius based on the cartography of Matthaeus Ogerius. 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 prominent citizens of Antwerp in the late Sixteenth century, when the city stood as a global trading center, “the city of cities.” He had contacts throughout Europe from his extensive travels and counted the brightest intellectuals and entrepreneurs of his day am