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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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Juan de la Cosa

Juan de la Cosa was a prominent 15th-century Spanish cartographer instrumental in early exploration. He meticulously cra...

Spanish Renaissance New World 15TH Century

8.8 Great

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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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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten was a 16th-century Dutch merchant, explorer, and cartographer whose work played a crucial rol...

Asia Dutch Explorer Nautical

8.7 Great

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Pedro Reinel

Pedro Reinel was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer who created the first known signed portolan chart of the Indian...

Renaissance Atlantic Portuguese 15TH Century

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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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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Pierre Desceliers

Pierre Desceliers (c. 1487–c. 1553) was a French priest and cartographer based in Dieppe, Normandy, and is considered th...

French Renaissance 16TH Century Portolan

8.2 Great

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Diogo Homem

Diogo Homem was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer born into a prominent family of mapmakers, including his father,...

Atlantic Nautical 16TH Century Portuguese

8.2 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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Jorge Reinel

Jorge Reinel was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer known for his significant contributions to early nautical chart...

Renaissance 16TH Century Portuguese Portolan

7.9 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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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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Gaspar Viegas

Gaspar Viegas was a Portuguese cartographer active in the 1530s and 1540s during the height of Portuguese maritime explo...

Renaissance Nautical 16TH Century Portuguese

7.3 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

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João de Lisboa

João de Lisboa was a Portuguese navigator and cartographer active in the early sixteenth century during the expansion of...

Renaissance Nautical 16TH Century Portuguese

7.0 Good