Abraham Ortelius

16th century spatial coverage: Asia (Southeast,South); Pacific Ocean; India,China,Japan, Indonesia Malayasia,Philippines,New Guinea

A petite chronicle

“From whence comes this love of maps,” asked the stranger of the cartographer; The cartographer answered : “As a child I would gaze up at the skies and wish I could fly from star to star; but with increasing age, I ‘settled’ for the reasonable – to serve the explorers willing to risk their lives… Continue reading A petite chronicle