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Günter Schilder is an Austrian-born Dutch academic and historian specializing in the history of cartography. He is particularly recognized for his extensive research on Dutch maritime discoveries and mapmaking during the 16th and 17th centuries. Schilder spent a significant portion of his academic career at Utrecht University, where he initiated the Explokart research project dedicated to the systematic study and digitalization of historical maps. His scholarly work is aimed at historians, geographers, and cartographic researchers.
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What is Günter Schilder's Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica?
It is a multivolume scholarly inventory of rare Dutch maps and charts from roughly 1550 to 1700. The series reproduces important works in large facsimiles and records surviving impressions, inscriptions, and publication history.
What is the Explokart research program?
Schilder founded Explokart at Utrecht University in 1981 to investigate and make Dutch cartographic documents more accessible. The network later moved to the University of Amsterdam and the Allard Pierson collections.
Which mapmakers feature prominently in Schilder's research?
His work covers figures such as Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Hessel Gerritsz, Petrus Plancius, and Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. He has focused especially on Dutch maritime charts, wall maps, and VOC cartography.
Did Günter Schilder make new navigation maps?
No, he is a historian of cartography rather than an early-modern chartmaker. His contribution lies in identifying, cataloging, comparing, and reproducing surviving Dutch maps held in collections around the world.
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