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Gerardus Mercator: L'Atlas ou méditations Cosmographiques de la Fabrique du Monde et Figure d'Iceluy. Commencé en Latin par le très docte Gerard Mercator, parachevé per Jodocus Hondius
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
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author QS:P50,Q6353
Title
L'Atlas ou méditations Cosmographiques de la Fabrique du Monde et Figure d'Iceluy. Commencé en Latin par le très docte Gerard Mercator, parachevé per Jodocus Hondius
Language French
Publication date 1613
publication_date QS:P577,+1613-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Place of publication Amsterdam
Jodocus Hondius I: Portrait of map-makers, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jodocus Hondius I  (1563–1612)  wikidata:Q454603
 
Jodocus Hondius I
Alternative names
de Hondt, Josse. Jodocus Hondius the Elder
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 Dentergem, Flanders Amsterdam
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London (1584–1593); Amsterdam (1593–1612); Ghent Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q454603
Title
Portrait of map-makers, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius.
label QS:Len,"Portrait of map-makers, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius."
label QS:Lpl,"Portret kartografów Gerarda Mercatora i Jodocusa Hondiusa."
Date 1613
date QS:P571,+1613-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium color on engraving
Dimensions 37.7 × 44 cm (14.8 × 17.3 in)
institution QS:P195,Q153306
Accession number
Kart.456
Notes Title page of L'Atlas ou méditations Cosmographiques...
Source/Photographer Old World Auction

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