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English: Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae geographicae Orbis Terrarum veteribus cogniti (1704)
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Source https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/67039/mercator-ptolemy-atlas-claudii-ptolemaei-tabulae-geogr-ptolemy
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Ptolemy  (100–170)  wikidata:Q34943 s:en:Author:Ptolemy q:en:Ptolemy
 
Ptolemy
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Birth name: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; Claudius Ptolemaeus; Claudius Ptolemeus; Claudius Ptolemy; Klaudios Ptolemaios
Description Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ptolemais Hermiou Alexandria
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creator QS:P170,Q34943
Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
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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
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