- Orthellius family
The Orthellius family (also Ortelius family) was a noted family of
cartographer s andmerchant s. They were originally fromAugsburg , inBavaria , but settled in Antwerp, Belgium in the16th century .The most famous cartographer of this family was
Abraham Ortelius , author of the "Theatre of the World " ("Theatrum Orbis Terrarum")atlas . Abraham's sister, Orrilia Ortelius, was the wife of SirJacobus van Meteren and mother of historianEmanuel van Meteren . Abraham's cousin Joachim Ortel (Ortelius) was a Dutch Agent and silk merchant inLondon .External links
* [http://cf.uba.uva.nl/en/collections/maps/ortelius/ Amsterdam University Library - Abraham Ortelius online exhibit]
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