[All of our pictures enlarge; click on any picture for a closer look. Text & images protected by copyright.] Licensed from The Library of Congress [Ortelius Map of the World, 1570] This Map of the World was adapted from one by Abraham Ortelius of Antwerp, who was the first cartographer to show the full outlines of North and South America. Typus Orbis Terrarum is among the 4.6 million maps and related materials in the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.