Petrus PLANCIUS (1552-1622). Orbis Terrarum...1590 Active Octavo Paper size: 17 1/4 x

Paper size: 17 1/4 x 23 3/8

Sheet: 11 1⁄4” x 20”

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Petrus PLANCIUS (1552-1622). Orbis Terrarum...1590 Active Octavo Paper size: 17 1/4 xPetrus PLANCIUS (1552 1622) Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus auctore Petro Plancio (World Type) Amsterdam, 1590 Sheet: 11 14 x 20 Copperplate engraved map Maps by such cartographers as Ortelius and Mercator were printed in large numbers over long periods of time in part because they were included in atlases. The maps of Petrus Plancius (1552 1622) were different. They appeared in several bibles, one of which was edited by