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Nagakubo Sekisui was a Japanese cartographer and Buddhist monk who lived from 1717 to 1801 during the Edo period. He is historically recognized for publishing the first Japanese map to incorporate Western cartographic concepts, specifically lines of longitude and latitude. Released in 1779, his grid...
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Ruy Faleiro, also known as Rui Faleiro, was a Portuguese cosmographer and astrologer involved in planning the Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan. He contributed technical knowledge concerning navigation, longitude, and the location of the antimeridian dividing Spanish and Portuguese sphere...
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