Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1570. Library of Congress.A catalogue of the correspondence of Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598), the*Flemish cartographer responsible for the first modern atlas, the*Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is now available.*Ortelius’ letters are scattered about the world in various*collections; the catalogue is*just that, a catalogue, not a digital archive—where digital copies do exist there are links to them, but otherwise in-person library research is still required. (The principal researcher, Joost Depuydt, recently*published an article on Ortelius’ correspondence in*Imago Mundi.)*[via]أكثر...