ortelius in A Sentence

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    Abraham Ortelius died on 28th June 1598.

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    Gerhard Mercator Ortelius.

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    Ortelius was the first to highlight the geometrical similarity between the coasts of America and Europe-Africa, and to propose continental drift as an explanation.

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    Ortelius was the first to underline the geometrical similarity between the coasts of America and Europe-Africa, and to propose continental drift as an explanation.

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    Ortelius was the first to underline the geometrical coincidence between the coasts of America and Europe-Africa, and to propose continental drift as an explanation.

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    As the"Theatrum" had been dedicated to the Spanish king Philip II by Ortelius, the latter was given the title of a Royal Geographer(geographus regius).

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    Jan De Nul Group recently decided to name both 6,000 m³ Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers after two decommissioned vessels of the Groups fleet: Sanderus and Ortelius.

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    Keppel O&M is also currently building Ortelius, a 6000m3 dredger which is identical to the Sanderus, for Jan De Nul Group, with delivery expected in 1Q 2020.

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    Ortelius has combined in this work in a systematic manner all recent maps of the world and separate countries, of which he had heard during his long activity as trader and collector.

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    In the form of a letter to his friend Gerhard Mercator, Ortelius published in 1575 his"Itinerarium per nonnullas Galliæ Belgicæ partes", which contains much valuable information as to the old geography of Belgium but which is chiefly valuable on account of its philologico-archæological importance.

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    As concerning many of these cartographers we have no other knowledge than that contained in this catalogue, and as Ortelius utilized but forty-six of the maps mentioned by him, this little list is to-day one of the most important sources for a history of cartography.

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    In the form of a letter to his friend Gerhard Mercator, Ortelius published in 1575 his"Itinerarium per nonnullas Galliæ Belgicæ partes", which contains much valuable information as to the old geography of Belgium but which is chiefly valuable on account of its philologico archæological importance.

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    Kious described Ortelius's thoughts in this way: Abraham Ortelius in his work Thesaurus Geographicus … suggested that the Americas were"torn away from Europe and Africa … by earthquakes and floods" and went on to say:"The vestiges of the rupture reveal themselves, if someone brings forward a map of the world and considers carefully the coasts of the three.

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