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Paradisus (verso text Itinera Deserti)
Amsterdam: Hondius; Atlas Minor
15 x 19 cm
Copper Engraving.

ALT1196
Date
Source Swaen.com
Author
Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
Alternative names
Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1594 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Leuven, Duisburg
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q6353

Jodocus Hondius I  (1563–1612)  wikidata:Q454603
 
Jodocus Hondius I
Description Flemish-Dutch cartographer, printmaker, publisher, instrument maker and astronomer
Date of birth/death 17 October 1563 Edit this at Wikidata 12 February 1612 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wakken Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Ghent; London (1584–1593); Amsterdam (1593–1612) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q454603
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