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Author:  Abraham Ortelius (*1527 - †1598)

                  was a Flemish/Netherlandish cartographer and geographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). One of the founders and the notable representatives of the Netherlandish school of cartography in its golden age (the 16th and 17th centuries), he is also believed to be the first person to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

Map title:  :    Aeneae Troiani Navigatio Ad Virgilij Sex priores Aeneidos, Antwerp / 1594

Description: On the Trail of Aeneas, the Trojan—Historical Map of the Mediterranean Sea Chronicling the Story of the Aeneid

A finely-detailed map of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, published in Ortelius’ Parergon, his historical atlas of the ancient world. The map tells the story of the thrilling story of Aeneas, as told in the epic poem the Aeneid. Numerous mythological places can be found on the map. Mount Olympus is located on the eastern coast of Greece (Macedonia), as are the cities of Thebes (Thebae) and Phythia, home of the hero Achilles. The home of the Cyclopes as well as Scylla and Charybdis (Charydis), all monsters that Odysseus faced in the Odyssey, are located on Sicily and southern Italy, while the island of Ithaca, Odysseus’s home, is on the west coast of Greece.