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  2. List of cartographers - Wikipedia

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    Carlo de Candia (1803–1862), Italian cartographer, created the large maritime map of Sardinia in 1: 250,000 scale, travel version. John Bartholomew the elder (26 April 1805 – 8 April 1861), Scottish cartographer and engraver. Henry Peter Bosse (Germany/United States, 1844–1903), also photographer and civil engineer.

  3. Abraham Cresques - Wikipedia

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    A Majorcan Jew, Cresques was a master map-maker and builder of clocks, compasses, and other nautical instruments. He was a leading member of the Majorcan cartographic school. [1] Abraham Cresques's real name was Eliça (a.k.a. Cresques) son of Rabbi Abraham, son of Rabbi Benaviste, son of Rabbi Eliça.

  4. Narvacan - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Narvacan 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 17.20 2009 17.71 2012 10.95 2015 13.24 2018 6.21 2021 20.42 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Narvacan Church Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Narvacan, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Sur, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a ...

  5. Waldseemüller map - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the map showing the names "Catigara" and "Mallaqua" where "was slain St. Thomas". The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography ") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America".

  6. Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia

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    Gerardus Mercator (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d ə s m ɜːr ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) [d] was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.

  7. Majorcan cartographic school - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the Catalan Atlas, the first compass rose depicted on a map. Notice the Pole Star set on N. "Majorcan cartographic school" is the term coined by historians to refer to the collection of predominantly Jewish cartographers, cosmographers and navigational instrument-makers and some Christian associates that flourished in Majorca in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries until the expulsion ...