Map of the Peregrinations of St Paul, Apostle
Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598)
Summary
Map of the Travels of the Apostle Paul, possibly extracted from a book by the German Historian and Geographer Georgius Hornius. The reverse depicts pages 55 & 56 from this book with two columns of text in Latin, entitled 'D. Pauli. Apostoli. Exhibens. Loca fere omnia tam in Novo Testmento quam in Actis. Apostolorum memorata Opera Abraham Ortelii'. The map itself features two colour images, possibly illustrating scenes from the Bible Book of Acts.
Marks and inscriptions
Top left corner of reverse of map (pages 55 - 56): Hornius 1666
Makers and roles
Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598), cartographer