1572 Europa Ortelius

Name of map  : Europae
Cartographer  : Ortelius (1527-1598)
Map number  : Ort 4; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III):5
Copy from edition: 1571 Latin; Page signature: 5
Estimated number of copies printed: 3025
Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 165
Area displayed  : Europe, Iceland, part of Greenland, North Africa, Western part of Middle East;
Plate size  : 347 x 469 mm;
Paper size  : 385 x 548 mm;
Margins, left  : 40 mm, right: 39 mm;

upper  : 35 mm, lower: 6 mm;

Paper thickness and quality: very heavy and strong;
Paper color  : off white;