Typus Orbis Terrarum
Abraham Ortelius, 1570
$270
Print check at 24 x 18 in: 219 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 9.2% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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When Abraham Ortelius bound fifty-three maps to a uniform size in 1570, he invented the atlas — the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first true modern one. Its world map, an elegant oval wreathed in cloud, became the single most recognizable image of the Earth for a generation, a huge imagined southern continent anchoring the bottom of the world. Beneath it runs a line of Cicero: seen from the heavens, how small are the affairs of men. Geography's founding masterpiece.
- Maker
- Abraham Ortelius
- Date
- 1570
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Published Antwerp
- Credit
- Published Antwerp
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00313
| Picture | 24 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 25.6 x 19.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 482 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.1% |
| 16 x 12 in | 328 | Excellent | Trimmed 9.2% |
| 18 x 12 in | 321 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.1% |
| 24 x 16 in | 241 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.1% |
| 24 x 18 in | 219 | Excellent | Trimmed 9.2% |
| 30 x 20 in | 192 | Good | Trimmed 2.1% |
| 36 x 24 in | 160 | Good | Trimmed 2.1% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 5,788 x 3,942 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
- Tone
- Darks 37, lights 200 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 17.25
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Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
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