Pontus Euxinus: Ortelius c. 1600

Title: Pontus Euxinus Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: c. 1600 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - light age toning and foxing, slight paper loss at margins, remnants of original hand-colored outlines, issued center fold Inches: 23 5/8 x 20 1/2 [Paper] Centimeters: 60.01 x 52.07 [Paper] Product ID: 315088 Map of the Black Sea by Abraham Ortelius, one of the foremost cartographers of the Early-Modern Era. Includes parts of present-day Turkey, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, the Crimean Peninsula, the Sea of Azov, and the Bosphorus Strait. Abraham Ortelius was born April 4, 1527.  His father was an antique dealer of some means, and thus Abraham received a classical education including instruction in Latin, Greek and mathematics.  He became a map colorist at the age of 19 and achieved an advanced level of skill.  Leveraging his success as well as his familiarity with maps and atlases, Ortelius became a trader in books,