Orbis may refer to:

Companies

Orbis Business Intelligence Christopher David Steele (born 24 June 1964) is a British former intelligence officer with the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1987 until his retirement in 2009. He ran the Russia desk at SIS Building, MI6 headquarters in London between ...

, a British private intelligence firm * Orbis Technology, a British bookmaker software company now called OpenBet * Orbis (Polish travel agency), a Polish travel agency, established in 1920

Entertainment

* ''Orbis'' (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio play * ''Orbis Pictus'' (film), a 1997 Slovak film

Historical

* The "Orbis Terrarum", a map of the world created by

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. Agrippa is well known for his important military victories, notably the B ...

in 20 A.D. * Orbis, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * '' Orbis Pictus'', a 1658 children's book by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský

Publishing

Orbis Books Orbis Books is an American imprint of the Maryknoll order. It has been a small but influential publisher of liberation theology works. It was founded by Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest Miguel D'Escoto with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. Its editor- ...

, a U.S. publishing imprint of the Maryknoll order *

Orbis Publishing Orbis Publishing Ltd. was a United Kingdom-based publisher of books and partworks. Company history Orbis Publishing Limited was founded in 1970. The company was originally registered on 25 November 1969 under the name Reefdell Limited with t ...

, a British publisher of partworks and books *

Orbis Pictus Award The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the "writing of nonfiction for children." It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book p ...

, awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English for outstanding children's nonfiction literature * ''Orbis'', a 2002 alternative history novel by Scott Mackay

Periodicals

* ''Orbis'' (journal), a quarterly journal of international affairs published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute * '' Orbis Litterarum'', a bimonthly literary journal published by Wiley-Blackwell * '' Vanderbilt Orbis'', a progressive student newspaper at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee

Other uses

Orbis Cascade Alliance __NOTOC__ The Orbis Cascade Alliance is a library consortium serving academic libraries in the Northwestern United States. The consortium was formed through the 2003 merger of two previous consortia, Orbis and Cascade, which consisted of librarie ...

, an academic library consortia in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho * Orbis International (the "Flying Eye Hospital"), a charitable organization devoted to treating and preventing blindness * a development kit for

PlayStation 4 The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in ...

** Orbis OS, the proprietary operating system used by PlayStation 4 * Orbiting Binary Black Hole Investigation Satellite (ORBIS), a space telescope in development by Japan * ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World, an interactive site co-developed by

Walter Scheidel Walter Scheidel (born 9 July 1966) is an Austrian historian who teaches ancient history at Stanford University, California. Scheidel's main research interests are ancient social and economic history, pre-modern historical demography, and co ...