Oronce FINE (1494-1555), after. Totius Galliae descriptio...1561 European Paiinting Ornithological moats and embankments

moats and embankments

Ortelius Atlas Maps

Nicholas de Fer (1646-1720) was the son of a map seller

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Oronce FINE (1494-1555), after. Totius Galliae descriptio...1561 European Paiinting Ornithological moats and embankmentsOronce FINE (1494 1555), after. Totius Galliae descriptio cum parte Angliae, Germaniae, Flandriae, Brabantiae, Italiae Romam usque Orontio F. Delph. autore. Engraved map. Venice, 1561 by Zenoi, Domenico, (fl. 1560 1580). 15 1 8" x 20" sheet; 27" x 31 1 2" framed. The "Lafreri School" represented the first systematic, post Ptolemaic attempt to map or re map the known world. While mapmakers had already begun surveying their particular areas, in no other