File:OrteliusWorldMap.jpeg

Summary

Description
English: Ortelius world map 1570
Español: Mapa Mundial de Ortelius, 1570
Türkçe: Ortelius'un dünya haritası, 1570
עברית: מפת העולם מתוך אטלס אורטליוס
Date
Source http://www.britishempire.co.uk/images4/ortelius1570maplarge.jpg
Author
Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description Spanish-Dutch cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q232916
Other versions
File:OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg

Featured picture

Wikimedia Commons

Category:Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons#OrteliusWorldMap.jpegThis is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.

If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.


Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

Category:PD-old missing SDC copyright status
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Category:PD-old missing SDC copyright status
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Category:CC-PD-Mark Category:PD-old missing SDC copyright status
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Category:PD-Art (PD-old-100)Category:PD-Art missing SDC copyright status Category:1570 maps Category:Typus Orbis Terrarum Category:Files uploaded by Yann Forget Category:Featured maps Category:Featured pictures in the public domain
Category:1570 maps Category:CC-PD-Mark Category:Featured maps Category:Featured pictures in the public domain Category:Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons Category:Files uploaded by Yann Forget Category:PD-Art (PD-old-100) Category:PD-Art missing SDC copyright status Category:PD-old missing SDC copyright status Category:Typus Orbis Terrarum