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The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered the first modern atlas, whose first edition, in Antwerp, dates from 1570. The volume is the work of the flamenco Abraham Ortelius, who was named, after 5 years of having published his famous work, royal cartographer of Felipe II of Spain. Certainly this position...
With this English title America: being an accurate description of the New World, 1671: containing the origin of the inhabitants; the remarkable voyages thither: the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, their ancient and later vvars. With their several plantations, many, and rich islands; their cities, fortresses,...
Joannes de Laet, Director of the Dutch West Indies Company, is the author of one of the most notable works of the XVII century on America: Novvs orbis, seu, Descriptionis indiae occidentalis. It is constituted by XVIII (18) books and complemented with diverse illustrations of the natural world and unpublished...
The first Madrid edition (1601) of the work of Antonio de Herrera reached special relevance in Europe thanks to this Latin translation of Gaspar Barlaeus, published in Amsterdam in 1622. This extended version includes in the second part the description of the Danish navigator Jacob Le Marie whose journey through...