Mountain ranges, mountains, dunes
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| B2 | Atlas mons. | |
| D2 | Caucasus mons | |
| D1, C1 | Imaus mons. | |
| C2 | Lunæ montes. | |
| C2 | Synai mons | |
| C2 | Taurus mons. | |
| D2 | Taurus mons. |
Oceans, Seas, Bays, Gulfs, Straights, Capes
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| C2 | Arabicus Sinus | |
| C2 | Aromata|prom. | |
| B1 | Artabrum|prom | |
| C2 | Asaborum|pro. | |
| B2 | Hesperion|cornu | |
| C1, C2 | HIRCANVM|MARE | |
| C2, D2 | INDICVS OCEANVS. | |
| C2 | MA:|RE MEDITER:|RAN. | |
| C2, D2 | MARE RVBR:|VM. | |
| D2 | MARE|EOVM. | |
| B2, B1 | OCEAN:VS AT:LANTICVS. | |
| B2 | OCEANVS AE:|THIOPICVS. | |
| B1, C1 | OCEANVS HYPER:|BOREVS. | |
| C1 | Pont.Euxinus | |
| B2 | Prom.|Sacrum. | |
| C2 | Raptum|prom. | |
| C2 | Siagros|prom | |
| D2 | Simylla prom. | |
| C2 | Sinus Persi|cus. | |
| D2 | Sinus|Gangeticus | |
| D2 | Sinus|Mag:|nus. |
Orientations
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| C3 | MERIDIES. | |
| A2 | OCCIDENS. | |
| E2 | ORIENS | |
| C1 | SEPTEMTRIO. |
Islands
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| B2, C2 | Baleares | |
| C2 | Corsica | |
| C2 | Creta | |
| C2 | Cyprus | |
| C2 | Dioscoridis,sive|Phebol insula | |
| B2 | Erythia | |
| B2 | Fortunatæ | |
| B2 | Gorgones,sive|Hesperides. | |
| B1 | Hebudes | |
| C2 | Menuthias. | |
| C1 | Orcades | |
| B2 | Paena | |
| C2 | Sardi:|nia | |
| C2 | Sicilia | |
| B1 | Silurum|insulæ. | |
| D2 | Taprobana [added between 1595 and 1598 to Ceylon] | |
| D2 | TAPROBANA [removed between 1595 and 1598 from Sumatra] |
Cartouches
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| C3 | Abrah.Ortelius Regiæ Mts.|Geographus describ.cumPriuilegijs de:|cenealib.Imp.Reg.et Cancellariæ Brabantiæ.|Antverpiæ Ambivaritorum.|1590. [Abraham Ortelius, his Majesty's Royal Geographer, has designed this map with Privileges for ten years from the Emperor, the King and the Brabant Council. Antwerp of the Belgians, 1590.] | |
| B1 | AEVI VETERIS,TYPUS GEOGRAPHICVS. (C1) (D1) [A geographical map of the Old World] | |
| B3 | EN SPECTATOR,PILAE TOTIVS TERRAE ICHNOGRAPHIAM.AT VETERIBVS,VSQVE AD ANNVM SALV:|TIS NONAGESIMVM SECVNDVM SVPRA MILLES.QVADRINGENT.COGNITAE,TANTVM GEOGRAPHIAM. (C3) D3) (E3) [Spectator, see here an ichnography or puzzle picture of the entire world, as also of the entire geography known to the ancients, until the salutary year 1492.] |
Countries, Regions, Provinces, Areas, Tribes, Polders, Woods
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| C2 | AEGYP:|TVS. | |
| D2 | AEREA | |
| C2 | Aethio:|pia|Inte:rior. | |
| C2 | AETHIOPIA|SVB AE:|GYP:|TO. | |
| B2, C2 | AFRI:|:CA. | |
| C2 | AFRI:|CA Pro:|pria. | |
| E3 | AFRICA. | |
| C2 | Agisymba regio|Aethiopum. | |
| C1 | AL:|BANI:|A | |
| A3 | AMERI:|CA. | |
| C2 | Aphricerones. | |
| C2 | ARABIA FE:|LIX. | |
| C2, D2 | ARACHO:|SIA. | |
| C2, D2 | ARIA. | |
| C2 | ARMENIA. | |
| E1 | ASIA | |
| C2 | ASIA MI:|NOR. | |
| D1, D2 | ASIA. (C1) (C2) | |
| B2 | Autlalæ | |
| C2 | AZANIA. | |
| C2, D2 | BACTRI:|ANA. | |
| C2 | BARBARIA. | |
| C1, B1 | BRITAN:|NIA | |
| C2 | CARMANIA. | |
| D2 | Chersonesos | |
| C1 | COL:|CH:|IS. | |
| D2 | Corancali. | |
| D2 | Cudu:|tæ. | |
| C1 | DACIA. | |
| C2 | DRANGIA:|NA. | |
| A1 | EVROPA | |
| C1 | EVROPA. | |
| B1, B2 | GAL:|LIA (C1) | |
| C2 | Garamantes. | |
| C2 | GEDROSIA. | |
| C1 | GERMANIA | |
| B2, C2 | GETVLIA. | |
| C2, C1 | GRÆ:|CIA | |
| B2, C2 | HESPERII AETHIOPES. | |
| B1 | HIBERNIA | |
| C2 | HIRCANIA. | |
| B2 | HISPA:|NIA. | |
| C1 | HYPER:BOREI. | |
| D2 | INDIA IN:|TRA GAN:|GEM. | |
| D2 | INDOSCYTHIA. | |
| D2 | IONDIA EXTRA|gANGEM. | |
| C2, C1 | ITALIA | |
| B2 | LEVCOAETHIO:|PES. | |
| C2 | LIBIA INTE:|RIOR. | |
| C2 | LIBYA|EXTE:|RIOR. | |
| C2 | MAR:|MARICA | |
| B2, C2 | MAVRITANIAE. | |
| C2 | MEDIA. | |
| B2 | Melano:|getuli. | |
| D2 | MESO:|LIA. | |
| C2 | MESOPO|TAM. | |
| C2 | Nubi. | |
| C2 | Palindro:|mus. | |
| C2 | PARTHIA. | |
| C2 | PER:SIA. | |
| B2 | Phauru:|sij | |
| C1 | RVSSIA. | |
| D2 | SACAE. | |
| C1 | SARMATIA|ASIATICA. | |
| C1 | Scandia|quæ et|Tule. | |
| D1 | SCYTHIA EX:|TRA IMA:|VM. | |
| C1 | SCYTHIA SIVE|SARMATIA EV:|ROPAEA. | |
| C1 | SCYTHIA|INTRA IMA:|VM | |
| D2 | SERICA. | |
| D1, D2 | SINARVM REGIO. | |
| C1, D1 | SOGDIANA. | |
| C2 | SY:|RIA. | |
| C2 | Zingis | |
| B1 | Zona frigida,et inhabitabilis. (C1) (D1) [Cold and uninhabitable zone] | |
| B3, D3 | Zona frigida,etinhabitabilis. [Cold and uninhabitable zone. | |
| A1 | Zona temperata,et habitabilis. (A2) (B1) (D1) (E1) [Moderate and inhabitable zone] | |
| A3 | Zona temperata,et habitabilis. (B2) (D2) (E2) [Temperate and inhabitable zone.] | |
| A2 | Zona torrida,et ob Solis nimium|fervorem a veteribus inhabitabilis credita. (B2) (D2) (E2) [Dry zone, and because of the excessive heat of the sun, by the ancients considered to be uninhabitable.] |
Rivers, inlets, creeks
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| C2 | Arabius flu. | |
| C2 | Astapas flu. | |
| D1 | Bantisus flu. | |
| C2 | Choaspes|flu. | |
| C1 | Daix fl. | |
| C1 | Danubius flu. | |
| B2 | Daradus flu. | |
| C2 | Euphrates fl. | |
| D2 | Ganges flu. | |
| C2 | Gir flu. | |
| C1 | Iaxartes flu. | |
| D2 | Indus flu. | |
| B2 | Niger flu. | |
| C2 | Nili paludes | |
| C2 | Nilus flu. | |
| C2 | Nilus flu. | |
| D1 | Oechardes flu. | |
| C1, C2 | Oxus flu. | |
| C1 | Renus fl. | |
| C1 | Rha flu. | |
| D2 | Serus flu. | |
| C1 | Tanais fl. | |
| C2 | Tigris fl. |
Placenames
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| C2 | Alexandria | |
| C1, C2 | Bizanti:|um | |
| C2 | Cane. | |
| C2 | Carthago | |
| B2 | Gades | |
| C2 | Hierusalem | |
| B2 | Hispalis | |
| C1, C2 | Lugdu:|num | |
| C1 | Lutecia | |
| C2 | Maraba | |
| C2 | Memphis | |
| C2, C1 | Roma |
Degrees
| Quadrant | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| E3 | 10 30 50 70 | |
| E1 | 100 120 140 160 | |
| D2, E2 | 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 | |
| E2 | 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 | |
| A1 | 20 40 60 80 | |
| A3 | 210 240 270 300 330 360 | |
| A2 | 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 | |
| B2 | 330 340 350 360 10 20 30 | |
| E3 | 40 20 20 | |
| A2 | 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 | |
| E2 | 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 | |
| A3 | 50 60 70 80 | |
| E3 | 50 60 70 80 | |
| C2 | 50 60 70 80 90 100 | |
| E1 | 60 40 20 | |
| A1 | 80 70 60 40 20 30 | |
| A1 | 80 70 60 50 | |
| E1 | 80 70 60 50 | |
| A3 | 90 60 30 30 60 | |
| A2 | Aequinoctalis,sive Aequidialis circulus. (B2) (D2) (E2) [Equator or circle of days of the same duration.] | |
| A3 | Circulus Antarcticus,Sive Australis. (B3) (D3) (E3) [The Antartic or Southern Circle.] | |
| A1 | Circulus Arcticus Sive Borealis (B1) (D1) (E1) [Arctic or Northern Circle] | |
| A2 | Tropicus Cancri,Sive Aestivalis. (B2) (D2) (E2) [Tropic of Cancer, or Summer Circle.] | |
| A2 | Tropicus Capricorni,Sive Hyemalis. (B2) (D2) (E2) [The tropic of Capricorn or Winter Circle] |