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Presbiteri Iohannis
Description
Map of Prester John (i.e. Ethiopia) by Abraham Ortelius. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. London, 1606 (i.e. 1608?). Plate 113.
Date circa 1608
date QS:P,+1608-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/1g1685
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Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description Spanish-Dutch cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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Part of the series Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Language Latin
Publisher
John Norton and John Bill
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Officina Plantiniana and Eliot's Court Press
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institution QS:P195,Q728116
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