The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century.The present map is a superb example of Ortelius' historical geography. He took many places and regions from the lands of classical civilization to illustrate and clarify their history, a subject very close to his heart. For this work he did not, as in the Theatrum, copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself. Koeman's gloss on the work explains: 'This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. He was himself an eager historian, and his maps in his classical and Biblical atlas Parergon tended to be the product of his own research distilling classical sources such as Strabo and Ptolemy. Ortelius the HistorianOrtelius is well known as a compiler of maps - most of the maps in his Theatrum were carefully sourced from the best sources available to him and cited. This example is noteworthy as being from the Jan Bapatista Vrients (1552 - 1612) edition, which are known for exceptionally rich original colorwork. The map is noteworthy for highlighting Ortelius' scholarship as a historian, as well as for denoting the locations of many sites from classical antiquity and mythology. This is a superb example of Ortelius' map of Sicily as it was known in antiquity. Minnesota - North Dakota - South Dakota.Massachusetts - Connecticut - Rhode Island.
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