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[LOW COUNTRIES]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Descriptio

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Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio by: Abraham Ortelius, 1598 (1 of 2)

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Ortelius Map of Asia (1 of 2)

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Turcici Imperii Descriptio.1592. (1 of 2)

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio. 1592. (1 of 2)

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Ortelius' important map of the Americas (1 of 3)

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ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Antwerp, ca 1572. (1 of 3)

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ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Palestinae sive Totius Terrae (1 of 1)

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Map of Russia, Abraham Ortelius (1 of 2)

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[MAPS]. ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Angliae Regni Floren... (1 of 2)

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ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium (1 of 1)

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Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp, Belgium (1527-1598), An Early Modern Map of Russia: Russiae, Moscoviae et (1 of 5)

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1581 MAP of East Frisia Lower Saxony GERMANY by Abraham (1 of 12)

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