5020 Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) – Map of Poitou – Copperplate Engraving (1595)

The map is richly detailed, featuring cities, rivers, coastal islands, and topographical elements, with fine early modern script and a decorative cartouche in the upper right. Ortelius credited the map’s original source to Pierre Regnault (Petrus Regnault), a local cartographer. The engraving is framed with a decorative border and includes a scale bar at the bottom.

Ortelius was one of the most important figures of early cartography, and his atlases were widely distributed across Renaissance Europe. This map combines aesthetic elegance with geographic and historical significance.

Artist or Maker:

Abraham Ortelius

Dimensions:

42 cm x 53 cm

Medium:

Copperplate Engraving on laid paper

Date:

1595

Condition Report:

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