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page 1Early modern Netherlandish cartography
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
Mercator projection
cylindrical map projection invented by Gerardus Mercator in 1569
Gemma Frisius
Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (1508–1555)
The Astronomer
painting by Johannes Vermeer
The Art of Painting
painting by Johannes Vermeer
New Holland
historical name for mainland Australia
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
1570 cartographic work (atlas) by Abraham Ortelius
The Geographer
painting by Johannes Vermeer at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
painting by Johannes Vermeer
Officer and Laughing Girl
painting by Johannes Vermeer
Woman with a Water Jug
painting by Johannes Vermeer
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian (1563–1611)
Leo Belgicus
animalisation of the Low Countries
Allegory of the Catholic Faith
painting by Johannes Vermeer, Metropolitan Museum of Art
François Levaillant
French explorer, ornithologist, naturalist, author and zoological collector
Michael van Langren
Dutch astronomer and cartographer (1598–1675)
Woman with a Lute
painting of Johannes Vermeer
Simon van der Stel
Dutch explorer (1639-1712)
Pieter Nuyts
3rd Governor of Formosa
Gerard de Jode
cartographer, engraver, publisher
Maris Pacifici
map of the Pacific Ocean
Corneille Wytfliet
Belgian cartographer
Mercator 1569 world map
'corrected' chart of all global geography of the time