Hooftman was a driving force for Ortelius to create his modern world Atlas which became very successful indeed. Hooftman was notorious for buying any map he could get his hands on, and this, of course, is how Hooftman met Ortelius.
His goal was to be able to determine the best times and routes for sending out his ships. His best customer became Aegidius Hooftman of Antwerp, a merchant who spent quite a large sum of time and money studying the sea, wind, and ocean tides. His work with maps began after his father died, and Ortelius would buy, color, and sell maps in order to support his widowed mother, his sisters, and himself. Ortelius did not have a stellar academic background, but nonetheless, he was highly regarded by European scholars. If you would like to explore Ortelius’s famous Theatrum orbis terrarum, click here. The world map presented in this exhibit was featured in his atlas. 1 Abraham Ortelius,Ībraham Ortelius is well known for having created the first modern Atlas: Theatrum orbis terrarum (“Theatre of the World”) in 1570. Ortelius lived from 1527-1598 and was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and Homann became famous in Nuremberg, Germany during his life from 1663-1724. StefanyĪbraham Ortelius and Johann Baptist Homann were very successful cartographers who benefitted from the rising trend in curiosity cabinets during the Renaissance. Stuckenberg, Special Collections and College Archives, Gettysburg College Abraham Ortelius, Typvs Orbis Terrarvm.Įngraved and hand colored, On loan from of Bruce R.
Johann Baptist Homann, Ship Model Map (Neue tafel, yor alle liebhabers, und seefahrende perfonen) engraved and hand colored, Gift of John H.W.
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