The world map from the first modern atlas, and for forty years the picture most educated Europeans had in their heads. Ortelius set the oval world in a border of cloud scrolls and put a line of Cicero beneath it, asking what in human affairs can seem important to a man who knows the whole of eternity and the size of the world. A map that argues for perspective, in both senses.

Maker: Abraham Ortelius
Date: 1595
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Ruderman / Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Ruderman / Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00345

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	846	Excellent	Trimmed 6.9%
14 x 11 in	615	Excellent	Trimmed 5.2%
16 x 12 in	564	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%
20 x 16 in	423	Excellent	Trimmed 6.9%
24 x 18 in	376	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%
30 x 24 in	282	Excellent	Trimmed 6.9%
40 x 30 in	225	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%
48 x 36 in	188	Good	Trimmed 0.7%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 9,100 x 6,775 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 95, lights 243 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0.7% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 45.79