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William Janszoon Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer active during the 17th century. He established a renowned publishing house specializing in maps and geographical works. His most significant contribution is the Atlas Maior, a large-scale atlas published in 1665 that offered detailed depictio...
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli was a 17th-century Italian Franciscan friar and cartographer famous for creating two massive terrestrial globes for Louis XIV.
Johann Schöner was a German astronomer and cartographer who created the first printed globe of the Earth in 1515, playing a key role in disseminating early New World discoveries.
Petrus Plancius was a 16th-century Dutch cartographer and clergyman who founded the Dutch East India Company and created key navigation maps.
Gemma Frisius was a Dutch physician and mathematician who first proposed the principle of triangulation for surveying in his 1533 work, revolutionizing cartography.
