Ortelius, Abraham
Frisia Occidentalis. Depicted by Sibrandus Leo of Leeuwarden, 1579 [but likely c.1608, vide infra]. Hand-coloured in wash, Italian text on verso.
Ortelius was a Flemish cartographer and is held to be the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The date given is based on the text on the verso. The page is numbered 54, the last line is left aligned, and ends "huomo letteratissimo". This agrees with Ort 81 (as listed by http://www.orteliusmaps.com/book/ort81.html) suggesting 300 copies of this edition of the map were printed.