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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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Abraham Ortelius

Abraham Ortelius was a prominent Flemish cartographer of the Renaissance era. He is best known for creating the *Theatru...

Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas Flemish

9.7 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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Giacomo Gastaldi

Giacomo Gastaldi was a 16th-century Italian cartographer who pioneered the use of copperplate engraving for maps, produc...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Venetian

8.7 Great

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Christopher Saxton

Christopher Saxton was a 16th-century English cartographer who produced the first comprehensive atlas of England and Wal...

England Renaissance English 16TH Century

8.7 Great

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Sebastian Münster

Sebastian Münster was a 16th-century German geographer whose 1544 Cosmographia became the earliest comprehensive descrip...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas

8.6 Great

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Johann Schöner

Johann Schöner was a German astronomer and cartographer who created the first printed globe of the Earth in 1515, playin...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Nuremberg

8.6 Great

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Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer was a 16th-century Dutch navigator who published the Spieghel der Zeevaerdt in 1584, the first...

Renaissance Dutch Nautical 16TH Century

8.5 Great

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Diogo Ribeiro

Diogo Ribeiro was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer working for Spain who created the 1527 Padrón Real, the officia...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese World Map

8.4 Great

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Gemma Frisius

Gemma Frisius was a Dutch physician and mathematician who first proposed the principle of triangulation for surveying in...

Renaissance 16TH Century Flemish Globe

8.4 Great

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Fernão Vaz Dourado

Fernão Vaz Dourado was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer renowned for his highly detailed and decorated manuscript...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

8.3 Great

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Battista Agnese

Battista Agnese was a 16th-century Genoese cartographer renowned for his beautifully decorated and highly accurate manus...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Venetian

8.2 Great

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Luo Hongxian

Luo Hongxian was a Ming dynasty Chinese cartographer who published the Guangyu Tu atlas in 1555, expanding upon earlier...

Renaissance Chinese 16TH Century Atlas

8.1 Great

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Lopo Homem

Lopo Homem was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer who was appointed royal cosmographer in 1517 and worked on the pre...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Atlas

8.1 Great

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Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot was a 16th-century Venetian and English explorer and cartographer who created influential early maps of...

Exploration Renaissance 16TH Century World Map

8.0 Great

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Peter Apian

Peter Apian was a 16th-century German humanist who published the Cosmographicus liber in 1524, a highly influential work...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Cosmography

8.0 Great

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Gerard de Jode

Gerard de Jode was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer and engraver known for his 1578 atlas, Speculum Orbis Terrarum, w...

Renaissance 16TH Century Atlas Antwerp

8.0 Great

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Jorge Reinel

Jorge Reinel was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer who, along with his father Pedro, produced the famous Miller Atl...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Portolan

7.9 Good

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Rigobert Bonne

Rigobert Bonne (1727–1794) was a prominent French cartographer and Royal Hydrographer who introduced a new style of prac...

18TH Century French Projection Atlas

7.8 Good