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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
At least two of Ortelius' illustrations made it into [[Peter Beckford]]'s collections nearly 70 years later, one of the maps from the atlas' first printing in 1570,<ref name="Map">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: "World Map" (1570)]]</ref> and a detail featuring [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s [[ship]] ''{{Wiki|Victoria (ship)|Victoria}}''.<ref name="Ship">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – [[Database: "Magellan's Ship"]]</ref> Both of these would eventually be acquired by the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''</ref> | At least two of Ortelius' illustrations made it into [[Peter Beckford]]'s collections nearly 70 years later, one of the maps from the atlas' first printing in 1570,<ref name="Map">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: "World Map" (1570)]]</ref> and a detail featuring [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s [[ship]] ''{{Wiki|Victoria (ship)|Victoria}}''.<ref name="Ship">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: "Magellan's Ship"]]</ref> Both of these would eventually be acquired by the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:54, 22 September 2026
Abraham Ortelius (1527 – 1598) was a Brabantian cartographer and geographer. He was the creator of what is considered the first modern world atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.[1]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
At least two of Ortelius' illustrations made it into Peter Beckford's collections nearly 70 years later, one of the maps from the atlas' first printing in 1570,[2] and a detail featuring Ferdinand Magellan's ship Victoria.[3] Both of these would eventually be acquired by the Welsh pirate Edward Kenway.[4]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (mentioned in Database entry only)
