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Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator was a prominent 16th-century Flemish cartographer renowned for developing the Mercator projection. Thi...

Renaissance Projection 16TH Century Atlas

9.9 Brilliant

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Martin Waldseemüller

Martin Waldseemüller was a 16th-century German cartographer renowned for his meticulous and innovative maps. His 1507 wo...

German Renaissance 16TH Century World Map

9.5 Brilliant

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Piri Reis

Piri Reis was a 16th-century Ottoman admiral and cartographer. His meticulous maps, particularly the 1513 Piri Reis worl...

Renaissance Ottoman Nautical 16TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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Jodocus Hondius

Jodocus Hondius was a 17th-century Flemish cartographer renowned for his reproductions of early modern maps. He acquired...

17TH Century Early Modern Atlas Flemish

8.8 Great

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Sebastian Münster

Sebastian Münster was a German cartographer, cosmographer, Hebraist, and Christian scholar of the Renaissance. His Cosmo...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas

8.6 Great

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Franz Hogenberg

Franz Hogenberg (c. 1535–1590) was a Flemish Protestant engraver and cartographer who spent much of his career in Cologn...

Renaissance 16TH Century Flemish Engraver

8.6 Great

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Pieter Plancius

Pieter Plancius (1552–1622) was a Dutch clergyman, cartographer, and astronomer who played a significant role in early D...

Renaissance Dutch 16TH Century Celestial

8.5 Great

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Gemma Frisius

Gemma Frisius (1508–1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, and cartographer who made significant contributions to t...

Renaissance 16TH Century Flemish Globe

8.4 Great

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Fernão Vaz Dourado

Fernão Vaz Dourado was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer known for producing several detailed manuscript atlases be...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

8.3 Great

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Luo Hongxian

Luo Hongxian (1504–1564) was a prominent Ming dynasty scholar and cartographer known for his significant contributions t...

Renaissance Chinese 16TH Century Atlas

8.1 Great

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Lopo Homem

Lopo Homem (c. 1495–1572) was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer who played a crucial role in documenting the geogra...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

8.1 Great

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Gerard de Jode

Gerard de Jode (1509–1591) was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer, engraver, and publisher based in Antwerp. He is best...

Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas Antwerp

8.0 Great

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Guillaume Le Testu

French cartographer and privateer (c. 1509–1572) who created the Cosmographie Universelle (1556), a manuscript atlas not...

French Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas

7.9 Good

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Luís Teixeira

Luís Teixeira was a prominent 16th-century Portuguese cartographer active during the Age of Discovery. He was associated...

Renaissance Pacific 16TH Century Portuguese

7.8 Good

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Diego Homem

Diego Homem (1521–1576) was a Portuguese cartographer from a Lisbon chartmaking family and later worked in England. He i...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

7.8 Good

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Cornelis de Jode

Cornelis de Jode (1568–1600) was a Flemish cartographer and publisher active in Antwerp, the son of mapmaker Gerard de J...

Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas Antwerp

7.8 Good

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Giovanni Antonio Magini

Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555–1617) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer who served as a professor...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas

7.7 Good

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Christiaan Sgrooten

Christiaan Sgrooten, also known as Christian s'Grooten, was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer who worked extensively i...

Renaissance Dutch 16TH Century Atlas

7.6 Good

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André Homem

Andre Homem was a sixteenth-century Portuguese cartographer and cosmographer who produced manuscript nautical charts dur...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

7.5 Good

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Bartolomeu Velho

Bartolomeu Velho was a Portuguese cartographer and cosmographer active during the mid-16th century. He produced several...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

7.4 Good