While the Google Doodle illustrates the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum — with notes that reflect Ortelius’s compendium of data, names of scientists, theories, and even sea monsters — a closer look at the ...
Sunday’s Google Doodle celebrates the publication of the first modern atlas from cartographer Abraham Ortelius. He was also the first to propose the idea that the continents were once connected to ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Today's Google Doodle celebrates the publication of the world's first atlas in ...