Abraham Ortelius

Flemish cartographer and geographer

1527 CE to 1598 CE

Abraham Ortelius (also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 14 April 1527 – 28 June 1598) is a Flemish cartographer and geographer, generally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the World).

He is also believed to be the first person to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

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