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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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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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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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Waldseemüller collaborator Matthias Ringmann

Matthias Ringmann (1482–1511) was a German humanist and scholar in early 16th-century Strasbourg. He collaborated with c...

German 16TH Century New World Alsatian

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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Peter Apian (Petrus Apianus)

Peter Apian, also known as Petrus Apianus, was a German humanist, mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer active in...

German Renaissance Mathematical 16TH Century

8.2 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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Peter Apian

Peter Apian, also known as Petrus Apianus, was a 16th-century German humanist, mathematician, and cartographer. In 1524,...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Cosmography

8.0 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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Matthias Ringmann

Matthias Ringmann (1482–1511) was a German humanist scholar and poet of the Renaissance. He collaborated with cartograph...

German Renaissance Humanist 16TH Century

7.7 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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Walther Ryff

German physician and 16th-century compiler who published vernacular works on medicine and geography in Strasbourg, adapt...

German Renaissance 16TH Century Architect

5.5 Mediocre