Germaniae veteris, typus ex conatibus geographicis Abrahami Ortelij

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

The work 'Germaniae veteris, typus' is a specific map/plate from Abraham Ortelius's 'Parergon', which was often bound with his 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. While the 'Theatrum' (The Theatre of the Whole World) was translated into English in 1606, this specific map is a cartographic document with Latin annotations. There is no evidence of a dedicated English translation of the text contained within this specific map, and cartographic plates are rarely 'translated' in the literary sense, though their labels may be rendered in English in later editions. As no complete English translation of this specific Latin map text exists, it qualifies as a first complete translation.

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