Cartographica Neerlandica Topographical names for Ortelius Map No. 231


Oceans, Seas, Bays, Gulfs, Straights, Capes

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C3, D3  MARIS AEGAEI PARS. (B3)
C3, D3  Thermaicus Sinus.

Textblocks

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A3  Delineatum et ĉditum auctore Ab.Ortelio. [Designed and published by Abraham Ortelius.]
D1  Iovis ara. [The altar of Jupiter.]
E3  Iovis templum. [The temple of Jupiter.]

Placenames

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B2  Gonnum|vrbs.

Mountain ranges, mountains, dunes

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C1, D1  Olympus mons.
A2  Ossa mons.

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

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E1  MACEDONIAE PARS.
A3  THESSALIAE PARS.

Rivers, inlets, creeks

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E3  Helicon fluvius.
B2  Peneus flu.
D3  Peneus fluvius.

Privilege

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A3  cum privilegio decennali.1590. [With a privilege for ten years,1590.]

Lakes

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A3  Boebeis pa:lus.

Cartouches

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E3  Est nemus Aemoniĉ prĉrupta quod undique claudit|Silva,vocant TEMPE,per quĉ Penëus ab imo|Effusus Pindo,spumosis volvitur undis.Ovid.I.Metamorph. (D3) [Here are the inaccessible forests of Aemonia, which is everywhere enclosed by a forest called Tempe, through which the river Peneus, scattered by the Pindus mountain range, tosses with foamy waves.]
C1  TEMPE.

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