Uncolored Ortelius's map of the North Atlantic, extending from Russian and Scandinavia, the Polar regions, to Greenland, Iceland, and North America. It was published in Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum," the first world atlas. It shows the mythical islands of Frisland, Drogeo, Brasil and St. Brendain, described by the Zeno brothers in 1558. The North American continent is given the name...
