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Gerhard Mercator
Gerhard Mercator
Mercator, the great mathematician, cartographer, globe maker, and philosopher is best known for his 1569 world map drawn on his new revolutionary…
Girard et Barrere
Middle East
Principal deposits of ultramarine were found primarily in the East, particularly in Afghanistan. What semi-precious stone is ground up to create this…
Hammersvelt
France
From Johannes Janssonius's Atlantis Maioris Appendix of 1630.
Henricus Hondius
France
From Johannes Janssonius's Atlantis Maioris Appendix of 1630.