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Abraham ORTELIUS  -  1527-1598      

Abraham Ortelius

Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598
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Abraham Ortelius was born in Antwerpen where he spent his life as a cartographer. He became famous by publishing a very successful "World Atlas". It was so successful that it was published in 36 editions and in 7 languages (Latin, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, English and Italian). A tremendous success for a cartographer in the 16th century!
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs