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Map from Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum Front cover of the Rand McNally Dollar Atlas of the World, 1918.
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Gerardus Mercator; engraving by Franz Hogenberg, 1574.
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish cartographer
Map from Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum
Abraham Ortelius
Flemish cartographer
Aaron Arrowsmith, engraving by T.A. Dean after a portrait by H.W. Pickersgill
Aaron Arrowsmith
British geographer and cartographer
Ogilby, engraving by William Camden Edwards, 1820, after a drawing by J. Thurston
John Ogilby
British printer
Bartholomew, John George
John George Bartholomew
Scottish cartographer and publisher