The Civitates orbis terrarum was with its six volumes the most extensive atlas of its time.
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He wrote a commendatory poem for the " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum " of Abraham Ortelius.
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In 1573 Ortelius published seventeen supplementary maps under the title " Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum ".
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His most outstanding work is a two volume atlas " Speculum Orbis Terrarum " published in 1578.
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The projection reached a wide audience via the surpassingly popular Typus Orbis Terrarum of Abraham Ortelius beginning in 1570.
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Mercator's work had languished in comparison to the rival " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum " by Ortelius.
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It was aimed at competing with another atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius, published eight years earlier in 1570.
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He is also noted for having drawn the first good map of Iceland, published in Abraham Ortelius'Theatrum orbis terrarum in 1590.
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Many of the pages were assembled from dissected Mercator maps and in addition there are thirty maps from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of Abraham Ortelius.
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Ortelius ( in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ) placed a crescent-shaped island in the traditional location of Mayda with the name " Vlaenderen ".
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