Faber, Franciscus (1497-1565) from Breslau/Wroclaw wrote "Sabothus sive Silesia", a description of the Zobten mountain there, and also a work of praise on Silesia in the style of Virgilius' praise of Italy.
Ort103.15.
Fabius Rusticus see Rusticus Fabius.
Fabricius, Georg (1516-1571), was Dean of a grammar school in Meissen. After having travelled extensively he wrote "Itineraria Romanum, Neapolitanum et Patavinum, Chemnicense, Argentiratense, hexametrico carmine scripta" 1550, further "Roma itinera, monumenta antiqua", also "Origines Saxonicæ", "Annales urbis Misenæ", then "Res Germaniæ magnæ et Saxoniæ universæ memorabiles" and finally "Saxonia illustrata".
Ort104.11, 129.17.
Fabritius, Paulus (?) is mentioned in the cartouche as the maker of the Moraviæ map Ort104;
Facellus, Thomas (1498-1570) from Sicily, Italy, wrote a history of Sicily "De rebus Siculis decades II" (Ort176), Palermo 1558, Frankfurt 1579 after the example of Blondus.
Ort141.5, 141.10, 141.20, 141.25;
History of Sicily Bk.6 Ch.1: Ort176.10.
Fagotius, Theobald (?).
Ort39.2.
Faunus, Lucius (16th century) from Italy wrote "Della antichità della Città di Roma" published in Rome in 1540.
Ort129.17.
Favolius, Hugo (1523-1585) was a Dutch poet, doctor and traveller, born in Middelburg, who died in Antwerp. He made a Latin translation of the Ortelius-Galle Epitome in 1585. He also wrote "Hodœporicum Byzantium" (Ort146, 149,168,169). Ortelius quotes him in the cartouche of the early and late map Belgii Veteris (Ort197,198). His name was used as one of the cities on the Utopia map as "Favolia".
Quoted by Ortelius in the cartouche of Belgii Veteris, (Ort197,198); further in map text: Ort224.46;
Hodœporicum Byzantium: Ort146.14, 149.15, 168.8, 169.8.
Fayanus, Ioannes or Jean Fayen (1530-1616), a physician published a map of Limousin in the Théatre Francois of Bougereau in 1594, which was used by Ortelius (Meurer p. 143).
Fayanus, Ioannes is mentioned in the cartouche of the Lemovicum map as its maker, Ort43b
Ferdinand Alarcon see Alarcon Ferdinand.
Ferdinand Lopez de Castanheda see Lopez de Castanheda.
Ferdinandus Alarchonius, see Alarchonius, Fernandus.
Fernandes see Fernandez Diego.
Fernandez Diego de Palencia (16th century) from Spain helped conquer South America. He wrote "Historia del Peru" Sevilla, Spain 1571 in which he gives a detailed genealogy of the Incas.
Fernandez, Simon (16th century) was a Portuguese pilot and cartographer in service of the English, born on the Açores, who made a manuscript map of the Americas in 1580.
Ort15.6.
Ferrerius (16th century) from Piemont, Italy expanded the Scottish history written by Boëthius and published it in Paris, 1574.
Ferron, Arnoul (1515-1563) was a member of Parliament in Bordaux, France, who continued the work begun by Æmilius "De rebus gestis Gallorum libri IX" (Ort44,45), Paris 1550. Earlier, he wrote "In consuetudines Burdigalensium commentariorum libri II" Lyon 1540, probably unknown to Ortelius.
The French History of Paulus Æmilius: Ort44.4, 45.4.
Festus, Rufus Avienus, see Avienus Rufus Festus.
Fineus, Orontius (1494-1555) from Briançon, France (Ort181) studied mathematics and philosophy and became a teacher at the Collège de France in Paris. He published "Tractatus de sphæræ" (Paris, 1516), Protomathis" (Paris, 1532), "De cosmographia sive mundi sphæra Libri V" (Paris, 1532) and "Le sphère du monde" (Paris, 1551). He also designed a world map in 1534 which was used by Mercator, a map of France (1538) and a Holy Land map (1534).
Ort181.2.
Finnodius (?).
Ort209.16.
Fiorovanti, Christopher (?).
Ort12.24, 160.17.
Firmicus, Maternus (4th century A.D.) was a Roman Christian author Roman Christian author who wrote "De errore profanum religionum". He also wrote "De nativitatibus", also known as "Mathesis", which presents popular Roman traditions and sets out a practical astrological method, citing Hermes, Orpheus, Abraham and Æsculapius as sources. Firmicus’ work ranks as the most comprehensive textbook of astrology in ancient times. He also wrote a Tractate (Ort19).
Ort19.10b, 193.13, 196.47, 204.6, 205.6, 211.11, 218.8, 218.27, 222.40;
Tractate: Ort19.17.
Flaccus, Calpurnius(first century A.D.) was a Roman writer who may have been in the circle of Plinius the Younger. He wrote declamations.
Ort193.13, 199.36, 200.36.
Flaccus, Quintus Fulvius (237-173 B.C.) was a Roman statesman, military leader and consul.
Ort193.53.
Flaccus, Siculus (1st century A.D.) was a Roman who wrote a guide for land surveyors.
Ort229.3.
Flaccus, Valerius (first century A.D.) wrote "de Argonautica"after the example of Apollonius, but with a more human touch. He also wrote "About Scythians" (Ort199,200).
Flaccus, Valerius is mentioned on mapsheet Ort190;
Ort213.2, 213.8, 226.2, 226.3, 226.13, 226.15, 226.17, 226.18, 226.22-24, 226.27, 226.30, 226.33, 226.34, 226.38-42, 226.45-49, 226.51, 226.52, 226.54, 226.56, 226.58, 226.60-62, 226.66, 226.68-74, 226.79, 226.81-84, 226.87, 226.91, 226.92, 226.94-96, 226.98, 231.23;
Bk.7: Ort226.12;
About Scythians Bk.6: Ort199.41, 200.41.
Flavius Arrianus, see Arrianus Flavius.
Flavius Campanus see Campanus, Flavius.
Flavius Charisius Sosipater see Sosipater.
Flavius Josephus see Josephus Flavius.
Florian d’Ocampo see Ocampo Florian d’.
Florianus, Joannes (died in 1585), teacher from Antwerp, source of Ortelius map of East Frisia, translated the description of Africa written by Leo Africanus "Ioannis Leonis Africani De totius Africæ Descriptione Lib. IX" and published it in Antwerp, 1556.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the West Friesland map as its maker, Ort82
Mentioned in the cartouche of the first East Frisia map as its maker, Ort83
Florus Lucius Ænnæus (2nd century) wrote a history of Rome "Lucii Ænnæi Flori: De tota Historia Titi Livii Epitome" which was first published by Gaguin at the Sorbonne, Paris in 1471. Other publishers and annotators of Florus’ works were Beroald, Sabellicus, Cuspinianus, Camers ("Annotationum in Lucium Florum Libellus", Vienna 1511) and Janus Gruterus, Heidelberg, Germany 1597.
Ort48.4i, 49.7, 49.19, 63.2, 186.23, 193.14, 193.18, 193.27, 193.54, 196.48, 196.49, 196.51, 196.53, 196.107, 199.22, 200.22, 203.4, 203.22, 203.30, 207.8, 208.8, 212.9, 212.22, 216.5, 217.11;
Bk.3: Ort197.18, 198.18, 199.73, 200.73.
Florus, Paulus Lyrus (?).
Ort214.10, 214.32.
Foglietta Uberto (1518-1581), a lawyer and historiographer from Genoa, Italy wrote a history of Genoa called "Historiæ Genuensium libri XII" published by his brother in Genoa in 1585. He laso wrote "Brumanum" (Ort139) which discusses the city and surroundings of Naples.
Ort125.10;
Brumanum : Ort139.6.
Fontey, Baptist (?) wrote "Commentaries" which were in turn commented on by Julius Jacobonius (Ort196).
Commentaries, commented on by Iulius Iacobonius: Ort196.117.
Fortunatus, Venantius (535-about 610) was a late Roman Christian poet who studied in Ravenna and settled in Poitiers, France. He was ordained as a priest and became the head of a nunnery, and later bishop of Poitiers. He wrote poetry and hymns, and described the Life of St. Martinus.
Ort209.14.
Fracastorio, Hieronymus (1483-1533) from Verona was a physician and poet, a friend of Ramusio. In his letters to Ramusio he writes about the nature of the Nile floods. These letters were familiar to Ortelius (Ort8).
Letters: Ort8.15.
Fracastorius see Fracastorio.
Franciscus Ullaus or Ulloa see Ulloa Franciscus.
Franciscus Paciecus see Pacheco, Frans.
Franciscus Raphelengius see Raphelengius Franciscus.
Franciscus Taraffa see Taraffa Franciscus.
Franciscus Vasquez see Vasquez, Franciscus.
Franciscus Xerez see Xerez Francuscus.
François, Isaac or Ysaacus Francus (1566-1649) contributed a map of Touraine to Bougereau's Théatre François in 1594 which was used by Ortelius (Meurer p. 146).
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Touraine map as its maker Ort42.
Frederick the second (1534-1588), King of the Danes, Norwegians and Goths is the person to whom the Iceland map has been dedicated (Ort161)
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Iceland map as its dedicatee, Ort161
Fredericus Furius Seriolanus see Furius Fredericus Seriolanus.
Freising, Otto see Otto von Freising.
Frethag Arnold (16th century) was a German physician who provided Ortelius with the story of the Pied Piper of Hameln, Germany, described on the map text of Brunswick (Ort99).
Letter to Ortelius: Ort99.8, 99.11.
Frethagius see Frethag.
Frisius, Gemma (1508-1555) made a world map, and wrote "De astrolabo catholico libellus". He co-operated with Apianus and Jacob van Deventer and laid the foundations of triangulation.
Ort81.5;
World map: Ort9.73, 10.24d, 11.73.
Frobenius (early 16th century), Augsburg, Germany. Publisher and commentator of Marcellinus Ammianus, 1533.
Frontinus, Sextus Iulius (second half first century) wrote "Strategematicon", Rome, 1487 (Ort199,200).
Ort199.18, 200.18
Fulvius, Andreas (16th century) who also called himself Antiquarius Sabinus wrote a history of Rome, initially in he form of a poem, which he submitted to Pope Leo in 1513. The Pope recommended to Fulvius to rewrite it in prose, which he did. The work was published in 1527. He is quoted by Smetius (Ort206).
Ort129.17;
Quoted by Smetius: Ort206.20.
Fulvius Ursinus (1529-1600) published on Roman coins and commented on Sallustius’ "Bellum Iugurthinum",Antwerp, Belgium, 1595.
Ort129.17, 196.117.
Furius Fredericus Seriolanus (1510-1592) from Valencia, Spain spent some time in Louvain Belgium, and possibly also in Antwerp. He wrote "Rhetorica", Louvain 1544 and "Del Consejo y Consejero" Antwerp 1559 and possibly provided Ortelius with information about Valencia.
Ort10.27, 11.30, 29.8, 30.10.
Fusch, Remacle (16th century) of Limburg wrote a treatise on the Spanish sickness, published in 1541.
Ort67.4, 67.5.