Ortelius’ Miniature Map of Sicily (with English text) Date of Publication_c.1770 His basic configuration proved extremely

His basic configuration proved extremely durable

with a preface by J

subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848

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Ortelius’ Miniature Map of Sicily (with English text) Date of Publication_c.1770 His basic configuration proved extremelyTwo English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: These two little books were the earliest world atlases to be published in England and the earliest world atlases with English text. Both are now extremely rare, and they use different series of maps: Shawe used the maps by Arsenius, Norton used the older series by Philip Galle. Shawe's epitome was certainly