Ortelius. A research atlas of thematic cartography
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The Atlas Index

Curated scholarly datasets, published as interactive thematic maps — each a documented, citable cartographic edition.

Source corpora are collected in CSV, reconciled against Wikidata, and rendered as reproducible studies in historical, agricultural, military, and demographic geography. This index is the front matter of the atlas: browse, filter, and cite.

22studies
Published editions
15,034records
Geolocated entities
4themes
Research domains

The Catalog

Each entry is a self-contained map study with a documented corpus, fixed provenance, and a recommended citation.

Theme
Region
Period
AT-00349.02° N · 12.22° E
Military Antiquity

Fortified Posts of the Roman Limes

Forts, watchtowers, and frontier works along the Roman imperial limes.

Wikidata + curated CSV 836 records
AT-00719.26° N · 108.31° E
Agricultural Modern

Terraced Rice Cultivation in Monsoon Asia

Documented terrace systems across the monsoon belt, with elevation and watershed attributes.

Wikidata + curated CSV 2,910 records
AT-00948.78° N · 5.66° E
Historical Medieval

Episcopal Sees of the Latin Church, 1050–1300

The administrative geography of Latin Christianity at the height of the medieval papacy.

Wikidata + curated CSV 642 records
AT-01142.48° N · 12.03° E
Demographic Modern

Dialect Boundaries of the Italian Peninsula

Isoglosses and survey points from peninsular dialectological atlases.

Wikidata + curated CSV 1,803 records
AT-01247.99° N · 4.91° E
Agricultural Medieval

Viticulture Frontiers of Medieval Europe

The northern limit of documented winegrowing across the medieval centuries.

Wikidata + curated CSV 1,054 records
AT-01435.21° N · 109.24° E
Historical Medieval

Mosques of China by Imperial Dynasty

Foundation dates and dynastic attribution of mosques across the Chinese imperial succession.

Wikidata Query Service (P625 · P571) 147 records
AT-01640.37° N · 5.73° W
Military Early Modern

Naval Engagements of the Age of Sail, 1650–1815

Fleet actions across the Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres.

Wikidata + curated CSV 1,492 records
AT-01829.13° N · 7.50° E
Agricultural Early Modern

Saharan Date-Palm Oases & Caravan Routes

Oasis settlements and the trans-Saharan routes that linked them.

Wikidata + archival gazetteer 517 records
AT-01936.53° N · 49.38° E
Demographic Early Modern

Diaspora Settlements of the Armenian Trade Network

Merchant communities of the Armenian commercial diaspora across Eurasia.

Wikidata + archival gazetteer 674 records
AT-02142.20° N · 21.47° E
Historical Early Modern

Sufi Lodges of the Ottoman Balkans

Tekke foundations and their ṭarīqa affiliations across the Ottoman European provinces.

Wikidata + archival gazetteer 388 records
AT-02433.40° N · 35.57° E
Military Medieval

Crusader Castles of the Levant

Fortifications of the Crusader states, by builder and phase.

Wikidata + archival gazetteer 213 records
AT-02722.56° N · 79.81° E
Demographic Modern

Census Districts of British India, 1881–1931

Decennial census districts with population and administrative attributes.

Wikidata + curated CSV 3,256 records
AT-03140.75° N · 83.93° E
Military Medieval

Campaign Vectors of the Mongol Conquests, 1206–1294

Source-to-objective vectors of the principal Mongol campaigns, by khan.

Representative compilation (manual) 20 records
AT-03337.29° N · 10.98° E
Agricultural Antiquity

Olive-Oil Production of the Roman Mediterranean

Density of attested olive-oil pressing sites across the Roman Mediterranean.

Representative compilation (manual) 60 records
AT-03549.31° N · 14.64° E
Demographic Modern

Population of the European States

Estimated national population across the states of Europe, mapped as a choropleth.

Natural Earth (boundaries) + population estimates 38 records
AT-03733.96° N · 40.66° E
Agricultural Antiquity

Wheat-Growing Intensity of the Fertile Crescent

Modelled cereal-cultivation intensity across the Fertile Crescent, rendered as contour bands.

Representative compilation (manual) 82 records
AT-04046.74° N · 8.67° E
Historical Early Modern

Universities of Europe Founded before 1700

Foundation places of European universities established before 1700, by century.

Wikidata Query Service (P31 · P571 · P625) 196 records
AT-04247.10° N · 2.57° E
Military Medieval

Châteaux of France

Castles and château sites across France, by century of construction.

Wikidata Query Service (P31 · P17 · P625) 496 records
AT-04438.83° N · 22.88° E
Historical Antiquity

Greek Colonisation of the Mediterranean & Black Sea

Mother-city to colony foundations of the Archaic Greek diaspora, drawn as arcs.

Representative compilation (manual) 19 records
AT-04637.13° N · 63.75° E
Historical Medieval

Caravan Legs of the Medieval Silk Road

Principal caravan legs of the medieval Silk Road, by route, drawn as arcs.

Representative compilation (manual) 14 records
AT-04853.99° N · 12.25° E
Demographic Early Modern

Towns & Kontors of the Hanseatic League

Member towns, foreign kontors and trading posts of the Hanseatic League.

Representative compilation (manual) 30 records
cin35.21° N · 109.24° E
Military Medieval

Çin deneme

Çin'deki camiler — Wikidata'dan, hanedana göre; popup'ta görsel + Wikipedia.

Wikidata Query Service (P625 · P571 · P18) 147 records