Original Map of the Middle East in the world's first atlas

**Thanas Django** · 05-20-2018, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Myanthropologies

No it's not. It came from here and the title of the map is "The Middle East" - By Abraham Ortelius
https://prints.bl.uk/products/the-middle-east-078974

No indication on the map.

I called Abraham Ortelius and asked. He said that the region described on the map is written on the map not on the product description. That was not written by him.

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 05-20-2018, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Thanas Django

No indication on the map.

I called Abraham Ortelius and asked. He said that the region described on the map is written on the map not on the product description. That was not written by him.

He died 500 years ago.