Geographical Treasury

OF THINGS

AND WORDS.

A decorative initial letter A is set within a square woodcut border. It shows a figure standing in a landscape with a distant town and a tree in the foreground.The homeland of the prophet Habakkuk, see BITICU CHAR.
His tomb, CEILAN.
Abdalla, who is called Method, SEMELLA.
Where fir trees are most numerous, CRANE.
King Abisarus, BIASARI.
Bishop Abramius, URIMORUM.
Where wormwood is found, ARABIA. Infecting a lake, SIN-NAUS.
Acca Larentia was a mythical figure in Roman history, often cited as the foster mother of Romulus and Remus.
Acca Larentia, LINCERIUM.
Men hunt in the company of hawks, CEDROPOLIS.
Where the agate stone is found, ACHATES, and the Promontory of CHARIDEMUS.
The herb Achemenides, TARDISTILI.
Where Actaeon was torn apart, GARGA.
Actaeon was a hunter in Greek mythology who was transformed into a stag and torn apart by his own hounds after seeing the goddess Artemis bathing.
Explanation of a certain proverb, COS, THESSALIA, and CAPPADOCIA.
Bishop Adalgarius, BRUMENSIS.
Where the diamond is found, SABARAE, MES, and the Shrine of MERCURY.
Adcantuannus or Adiatonus, SONTIATES.
Bishop Adelphius, ANABISUM, and NUPHES.
Bishop Adesodatus, SIMEDICITA.
The village of Adhasta, JUVENATIUM.
Adiatonus, see Adcantuannus.
The temple of Adonis, ELYME. His burial place, GAVANTIS.
Adramilo defeated by Hercules, PSYCTERIUS.
Where the monument of Aeacus is, and ANTIUM.
From where the Aegean takes its name, AEX, and CANNA.
Aegeftus the Trojan, EGESTA.
A book called Aegialogia, CUMERUM.
Cities of the Egyptians outside of Egypt, CUME, CYLLENE, LARISSA.
Aelia and Helia are wrongly read for Helvia, RICINENSES.
A passage of Aelian pointed out, CYRRHADAE, and PYTHIAS. Cleansed of a blemish, LANUVIUM, NESSUS, OMBRI, PSOPHIDII, RHIZOPHAGI, and TANARUS. Corrected from Pliny, CHLORUS. From Plutarch, IMBRUS.
Claudius Aelianus, often called Aelian, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who wrote in Greek.
Aemilius Probus is corrected, BISA.
The land of Aenea, PEGADAE.
Aeneas founded a city, APHRODISIAS, CAPUA, EGESTA, OBETIS. Where he lived, CISSUS.
His female cousin, LEUCOSIA.
Bronze and gold from a lake, COTINAS.
Aeschines is corrected, NERESSUS.
A place sacred to Aesculapius, AGION, CAUS, and HYPSUS.
Aesculapius was the ancient Greco-Roman god of medicine and healing.
Where he was born, TRICCA. Where he was buried, CYNOSURA, and the City of CROCODILES.
The wonderful tide of the Ocean, UMBILICUS. Where it is scarcely perceived, the BALTIC Sea.
Aethicus, the author of monstrous names, GANGES.
He is corrected, MINTURNAE, and JUBURUSUS.
That Ethiopians are also called Indians, ETHIOPIANS, INDIANS, and RHIZOPHAGI.
The homeland of Aetius, AMIDA.
Where the eagle-stone is found, CHIMOAS.
The eagle-stone, or aetites, was a hollow geode believed in antiquity to be found in eagles' nests and possessed of magical or medicinal properties.
A part of Africa unknown to the ancients, AGISYMBA.
The region of Agades, ZEUGITANA.
Where agaric grows, AGRIA, and CEDRIO.
Agaric refers to a type of medicinal mushroom or fungus used in ancient pharmacy.
Agathias corrected, NEPHTHALITAE. Reconciled with Procopius, TAURESIUM. His homeland, PYTHICUS.
Fields covered by sand, TOLIARIS.
The homeland of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, AGRIPPINA.
Agrorex, ESSIOS.
The burial place of Ajax, MECON.

Alabis, leader of the Tridentines, CORONATA.
The homeland of Alaphion, ASALEA.
The burial place of King Alaric, CASVENTUM.
A people wearing wings on their heads, NASAMONES.
The monastery of Saint Albinus, MOGOTIENSIS.
Alcibiades, GRYNIUM. Where he died, ELAPHUS.
Bishop Alexander, ADRINUS.
King Alexander, INDICA.
Emperor Alexander Severus, SICILA.
The homeland of Alexander the Great, PELLA. His soldiers deceived by a similar name, SILYS.
From where aloe comes to us, DIOSCORIDU. From where black aloe comes, MONDEL. The third kind of aloe, SAMIES. Where it is adulterated, ALMASIA.
Bishop Alypius, THAGABENSINI, and THYGATA.
Where King Amasis was born, SIUPH. What he dug through, MARIAN.
Where the home of the Amazons was, THEMISCYRA. With whom they entered into marriages, GYNAECOCRATUMENI. Where they were defeated by Theseus, AMAZONIUM.
From where the more praised ambergris comes, SILACHE. The cheapest, AMPARIS. Where it is produced, SYCHEUM.
King Ambiger, HARMATELIA.
The river Ambrus, VIRUCINATES.
The location of the Ambarvalia, PHESTI.
The Ambarvalia was a Roman agricultural fertility ritual involving the purification of the fields.
The Spaniards falsely call America "India", see ATLANTIS island. How it should be named: Ball of the Earth.
original: "Pila Terra"
Where Hamilcar died, ALTUM Castrum.
A passage of Ammianus noted, CHATRACHARTA. Restored by conjecture, RHETI. Corrected, ARMENIAE, AULION, BOSPORUS, EENSEM, EUROPA, HATRA, and SCORDISCUS. Chastised by Rhenanus, SCHALDIS, and SEBUSIANI.
This entry refers to the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus. Ortelius notes various textual corrections made to his geographical descriptions.
Bishop Ammon, BERNICA.
The temple of Ammon, MESOGABA.
Bishop Ammonius, ELEAR CHIAE.
Where amomum grows, CAERON, CORDUENI, and MOTENE.
Amomum is an ancient term for various aromatic spice plants, often related to cardamom.
Amorrus, King of the Saracens, CORBARIA.
The homeland of the prophet Amos, THECUE.
Amosis, King of Egypt, ATHYRIA.
The temple of Amphiaraus, NOPIA.
The girl Amymone, LERNAEUS.
From where Anacharsis the Scythian came, GALACTOPHAGI.
Bishop Anastasius, PERRHENI.
Where Anchises, the father of Aeneas, died, ANCHISUS, and ANCHIALUS.
The subdeacon Andochus, UVARIENSE.
From where the rhetorician Andocides originated, CYDATHENAEUM, and THORAE.
An observation by Andreas Schott, EXITANI.
Androcopus, ARTIS.
Where hermaphrodites are, MAGHLYES.
original: "Androgini"
Androgium, VESSANUM.
Andromachus the flatterer, CARPI.
Where excellent eels are found, EUCLEUS. The best ones, EBETRAENUS. They take food from the hands of those offering it, ARETHUSA.
Bishop Anianus, SYCAMAZONIS.
The deacon Annianus, CELEDENSIS.
Hannibal devoted to a harlot's love, SALAPIA. At what part he crossed the Alps, CREMONIS, and PENNINUS. Hannibal corrected in Plutarch, GLERENUM.
Annius the trifler, ECALIDUS, EGELIDUS, and VITERBUM.
Annius of Viterbo was a famous 15th-century friar known for forging historical texts.
Titus Annius Milo killed, CARISSANUM.
Where Antaeus was killed by Hercules, ANTAEIVicus.