Petrus Plancius, Dutch Astronomer
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Petrus Plancius, Dutch Astronomer
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Print Collector
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Drawing - Illustration
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Petrus Plancius, Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman, c1870. Plancius (1552-1622) was one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company, for whom he produced over a hundred maps. In 1592 he produced a world map titled Nova et exacta Terrarum Tabula geographica et hydrographica. He also produced a celestial globe including new constellations in the Southern Hemisphere, using observations provided by early Dutch expeditions to Indonesia. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, A W Sijthoff, c1870). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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