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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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Olaus Magnus

Olaus Magnus was a Swedish archivist, Catholic ecclesiastic, and writer who became notable for his extensive documentati...

Scandinavian Swedish 16TH Century Sea Monsters

9.1 Excellent

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Diego Ribeiro

Diego Ribeiro was a Portuguese cartographer and cosmographer who served the Spanish Crown in the early sixteenth century...

16TH Century Portuguese World Map Spanish Service

8.9 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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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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Jan Huygen van Linschoten

Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563–1611) was a Dutch merchant and explorer whose published travelogues played a pivotal rol...

Asia Dutch 16TH Century Early Modern

8.5 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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Giovanni Battista Agnese

Giovanni Battista Agnese was an influential cartographer of the 16th century who produced some of the most highly regard...

Italian Vellum 16TH Century Atlas

8.5 Great

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Timothy Pont

Timothy Pont (c. 1565–1614) was a Scottish cartographer who produced the earliest detailed manuscript maps of Scotland,...

Manuscript Golden Age Scottish 16TH Century

8.1 Great

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Luis Teixeira

Luís Teixeira was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer whose work significantly advanced European mapping of the Atlan...

Manuscript Brazil 16TH Century Portuguese

7.7 Good

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Sebastião Lopes

Sebastião Lopes was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer known for producing detailed portolan charts that significant...

Manuscript Atlantic 16TH Century Portuguese

6.9 Fair