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Uncommon card · Science
Abraham Ortelius, an Uncommon card
Abraham Ortelius was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
- Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography.
- He was a notable figure of this school in its golden age and an important geographer of Spain during the age of discovery.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abraham Ortelius article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Abraham Ortelius
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abraham Ortelius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peter Paul Rubens / After Adriaen Thomasz. Key, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
