Abraham Ortelius Death Anniversary

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Abraham Ortelius died on 28 June, 1598

Flemish cartographer and geographer generally regarded as the creator of the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also the first to imagine that continents were once joined before drifting apart.