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Description Gerardus Mercator, original caption: "I. Portrait of Mercator at the age of 62, engraved by Frans Hogenberg, 1574"
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Source Gerardus Mercator, Jodocus Hondius & Jan Janssonius: Atlas or a geographicke description of the world. english edition, first published 1636, reprint of 1968, page VII
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Frans Hogenberg  (before 1540
date QS:P,+1540–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1540–00–00T00:00:00Z/9
–1590)  wikidata:Q959748
 
Alternative names
Franz Hogenberg, Frans Hogenbergh, Frans Hogenberch
Description Flemish engraver and cartographer
Date of birth/death before 1540
date QS:P,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 1590 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mechelen Cologne
Work period 1568-1588
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Antwerp (1568), London (1568), Cologne (1570-1585), Hamburg (1585-1588), Denmark (1588)
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creator QS:P170,Q959748
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Frans Hogenberg  (before 1540
date QS:P,+1540–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1540–00–00T00:00:00Z/9
–1590)  wikidata:Q959748
 
Alternative names
Franz Hogenberg, Frans Hogenbergh, Frans Hogenberch
Description Flemish engraver and cartographer
Date of birth/death before 1540
date QS:P,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 1590 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mechelen Cologne
Work period 1568-1588
Work location
Antwerp (1568), London (1568), Cologne (1570-1585), Hamburg (1585-1588), Denmark (1588)
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creator QS:P170,Q959748
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current11:02, 23 March 2013Thumbnail for version as of 11:02, 23 March 20132,057 × 2,721 (4.99 MB)Jan Arkesteijn (talk | contribs)higher resolution
07:10, 20 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 07:10, 20 October 2005656 × 879 (268 KB)Ephraim33 (talk | contribs)engraved by Frans Hogenberg in 1574

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