Speculum Orbis Terrae was an atlas published by Cornelis de Jode

Cornelis de Jode

Cornelis de Jode was a cartographer, engraver and publisher from Antwerp. He was the son of Gerard de Jode, also a cartographer. Cornelis studied science at Academy of Douai...

 in Antwerp 1593. The atlas was largely a continuation of his father's (Gerard de Jode

Gerard de Jode

Gerard de Jode was a cartographer, engraver and publisher who lived and worked in Antwerp during the 16th century. He was born in Nijmegen and died in Antwerp. In 1547 he was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke, and began his work as a publisher/printseller...

's) unfinished works at his death in 1591. Contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior both in detail and style to those of the competing atlas of the time Theatrum by Ortelius. However, de Jode's atlas never sold well.

After Cornelis de Jode's death in 1600, the engraving plates were sold to J. B. Vrients (who also owned the Ortelius plates), and the complete work was not published again.