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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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Fra Mauro

The Fra Mauro map is a meticulously detailed world map produced in approximately 1450 by Venetian monk Fra Mauro. This r...

Italian Medieval Venetian 15TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Georg Braun

Georg Braun was a German Catholic cleric and geographer of the Renaissance period. He is best known as the principal edi...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Civitates Orbis Terrarum

8.8 Great

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Giacomo Gastaldi

Giacomo Gastaldi was a 16th-century Italian cartographer who worked extensively in Venice. He is recognized for pioneeri...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Venetian

8.7 Great

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Christopher Saxton

Christopher Saxton was a 16th-century English cartographer known for producing the first comprehensive atlas of England...

England Renaissance English 16TH Century

8.7 Great

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Vincenzo Coronelli

Italian Franciscan friar and cartographer (1650–1718) who founded the world's first geographical society in Venice and c...

Italian 17TH Century Golden Age Venetian

8.7 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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Johann Schöner

Johann Schöner was a German mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, instrument maker, and printer active during the Ren...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Nuremberg

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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Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (c. 1533–1606) was a 16th-century Dutch navigator and cartographer best known for publishing th...

Renaissance Dutch Nautical 16TH Century

8.5 Great

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Battista Agnese

Battista Agnese was a Genoese cartographer who worked in Venice during the sixteenth century and specialized in manuscri...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Venetian

8.2 Great

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Giovanni Matteo Contarini

Giovanni Matteo Contarini was a 15th- and 16th-century Italian cartographer and nobleman from Venice. He is best known f...

Italian Renaissance Venetian 15TH Century

7.9 Good

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Francesco Rosselli

Francesco Rosselli (1445–1513) was an Italian miniaturist, engraver, and cartographer active in Florence during the earl...

Italian Renaissance 15TH Century Engraver

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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Giovanni Francesco Camocio

Giovanni Francesco Camocio was a prominent 16th-century Italian cartographer, chart-maker, and publisher operating in Ve...

Italian 16TH Century Venetian Island Book

7.5 Good

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Girolamo Ruscelli

Girolamo Ruscelli (c. 1504–1566) was an Italian humanist scholar, editor, and cartographer active during the Renaissance...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Ptolemy Edition

7.4 Good

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Pietro Coppo

Pietro Coppo was an Italian geographer and cartographer born in Venice around 1470 who lived and held public offices in...

Italian Renaissance 16TH Century Venetian

7.2 Good