Cartographica Neerlandica Topographical names for Ortelius Map No. 182

Roadnames

Quadrant		Text
B1		Iter Abrahami patriarchæ. [The road taken by Abraham the Patriarch.]

Scales

Quadrant		Text
B2, C2		20 40 60 80 100 Leucæ
A2, A1		34 33 32 31 30
C2, C1		34 33 32 31 30
B2, C2		50 100 150 200 250 300 Mille Passus.
B1, C1		64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 (A1)
B2, C2		65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 (A2)
D3, E3		Leucæ, 10 20 30 40 50 (C3)
D3, E3		Mill.Ger. 10 20 30 (C3)
D3, E3		Mille Pas. 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 120 130 140 150 (C3)

Oceans, Seas, Bays, Gulfs, Straights, Capes

Quadrant		Text
B2		MARE MAGNVM,QVOD NOUISSIMVM,ET|OCCIDENTALE.ITEM THARSIS (A2) (C2) [The large sea which is also called the very new sea, also western sea, and also Tharsis.]

Textblocks

Quadrant		Text
A1		ABRAHAM EGREDERE DE TERRA TVA, ET DE COGNITIONE TVA, ET DE COGNATIONE TVA, ET VENI IN TERRAM QVAM MONSTRAVERO TIBI.|ET DABO TIBI ET SEMINI TVO POST TE,TERRAM DEREGRINATIONIS TVAE,OMNEM TERRAM CHANAAN,IN POSSESSIONEM AETERNAM. (B1) (C1) (D1) (E1) (A3) (B3) (C3) (D3) (E3). [Abraham, you must depart from your land, and leave your relatives, and come to the land which I will show to you|and I will give you and your offspring after you the land to which you will wander, all the land of Canaan in eternal possession [Genesis 12:1-2]]

Placenames

Quadrant		Text
C2		Adama.
C2		Ara.
C2		Asasontha:|mar,quæ Engadi.
D2		Astaroth|Carnaym.
C2		Barad.
B2		Bersabe
C2		Bersabe.
B1		Bethel.
C2		Bethel.
C2		Bituminis putei.
C2		Chades,|Mesphat
C2		Convallis Illustris|Quercus excelsa.
C2		Convallis,Quercus,Planities Mambre.
B1		Damascus
E1, E2		Damascus
C2		fons.
C2		Gerar.
C2		Gomorrha.
C2		Hai.
B2		Hebron
C2		Hebron,Cariatarbe.
E1, D1		Hoba
C2		Puteus Iuramenti.
C2		Puteus Vi:|uentis.
B2, B1		Salem (
C2		Salem,et|Ierusalem
C2, D2		Saue Cariathaim,id|est Vallis regis
C2		Segor,quæ|et Bela.
B1		Sichem
C2		Sichem,quæ|Sama:ria
C2		Sodoma.
C2		Spelunca/duplex.
C2, B2		Ur Chaldeorum.
C2		Zeboim

Mountain ranges, mountains, dunes

Quadrant		Text
C2		Garizim|mons.
C2		Moria mons,|et Dominus|videbit.
C2		Seir montes.

Countries, Regions, Provinces, Areas, Tribes, Polders, Woods

Quadrant		Text
A3, B3		AEGYP:|TVS.
B2, A2		AEGYPT:|TVS.
C2		Amalechi:|tae.
D2		Ammonitæ.
C2		Amor:|raei.
B2		ARABIA.
C1		BABYLO:|NIA.
B2		Campestria|Pharam.
B2		Campestria|Raphaim.
D1		Cedmonaei.
C2		Cene:|zaei.
B1		CHARAR.
C2		Chorraei.
C2		Cinaei.
C2, D2		Emin,Em:|mæi.
C2		Ephronis/Ager.
C2, D2		Gergesaei.
C2		Hethaei.
C2		Iebu:|saei.
B3		Ismaelitarum | regio.
C2, D2		Moa:|bitæ.
C2		Nemus/Abrahæ.
C2		Palæstinorum terra
C2		Pheresaei.
C2, D2		Raphaim.
B2, C2		Solitudo Ber:|sabe.
B3, C3		Sur desertum Meri:|diem versus
B2		Sur desertum.
C2, D2		TER:RA CHA:NAAN
C2		Vallis Siluestris,Salsa Et Mare Salis.
B2		Vallis silvestris, et|Mare Mortuum. [The woody valley and the Dead Sea.]
C2, D2		Zuzim.

Rivers, inlets, creeks

Quadrant		Text
A3		Aegypti fluvius
D1		Dan.
C1, B1		Euphrates.
C2		Iordanis flu.
C2		Iordanis flu.
D2		Iordanis flu.
B1		Magnus fluvius

Privilege

Quadrant		Text
B2		Privilegio Imperiali, Regio,et|Belgico decennali 1586. (A2) [With an imperial, royal and Belgian privilege for ten years, 1586.]

Cartouches

Quadrant		Text
C1		ABRAHAMI PATRIAR:|CHAE PEREGRINATIO, | ET VITA.|Abrahamo Ortelio Antverpiano autore. [The wanderings and the life of archfather Abraham, by Abraham Ortelius of Antwerp.]
D2		Dño Ioanni Moflinio,|Montis S.Winoxij ab:|bati reverendo,viro|humanitate & can:|dore eximio,multi:|plicique rerum cog:|nitione nobili;Ab.|Ortelius in perpetuæ|amicitiæ pignus DD. [Dedicated as a sign of eternal friendship by Abraham Ortelius to lord Ioannes Moflinius of St. Winoxbergen, respected abbot,a man of great humanity and excellent candidness, in many matters known to be noble.]

Orientations

Quadrant		Text
C3		Meridies [South]
A2		Occidens. [West]
E2		Oriens. [East]
C1		Septemtrio.

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