Map of
Cuba and
Jamaica from Wytfliet's
Descriptionis Ptolemaicæ augmentum (1597)
Cornelius Wytfliet or Cornelis van Wytfliet (died around 1597) was a geographer from Leuven in the Habsburg Netherlands , best known for producing the first atlas of the Americas.[1]
Life [ ]
Cornelius was the son of Catherine Huybrechts and her husband, Gregorius Wytfliet, who was advocate fiscal of Leuven University from 1557 to 1594.[2]
After graduating Licentiate in Laws from the University of Leuven, Wytfliet moved to Brussels and became secretary to the Council of Brabant . He died in or shortly after 1597, when his Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum (a work adding new discoveries to Ptolemy's description of the world) was published.[2]
Works [ ]
Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum (Leuven, Joannes Bogardus, 1597)
References [ ]
show People Notable works
Itinerario (1596 book)
Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648 book)
An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces (1665 book)
Illustrations of Japan (book)
Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën (1724 book)
Leo Belgicus
Mercator's 1569 World Map
Atlas Cosmographicae (Mercator's 1596 World Atlas)
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the Orb of the World , 1570)
Maris Pacifici (1589)
Speculum Orbis Terrarum (1578)
Mercator-Hondius Atlas
Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem
Atlas Maior
Atlas van Loon
Spieghel der Zeevaerdt (Mariner's Mirror )
Atlas de Wit
Atlas Minor
Atlas Novus
Beudeker Collection
Blaeu Atlas of Scotland
Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht
Klencke Atlas
Speculum Orbis Terrae (1593)
Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1572–1618)
Tasman Map (c. 1644)
Plenilunii Lumina Austriaca Philippica (Van Langren's map of the Moon , 1645)
Harmonia Macrocosmica
Dutch-created constellations (include: Apus , Camelopardalis , Chamaeleon , Cancer Minor , Columba , Crux , Dorado , Gallus , Grus , Hydrus , Indus , Jordanus , Monoceros , Musca / Apis , Musca Borealis / Apes , Phoenix , Tigris , Triangulum Australe , Tucana , Volans )
Main centres General
Dutch school of cartography
Flemish cartography
Golden Age of Dutch cartography / Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s–1670s)
Netherlandish school of cartography
Cartography in the Dutch Republic
Astronomy in the Dutch Republic
Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery
(history of surveying and creation of maps of the Netherlands )
Cartography of Belgium (history of surveying and creation of maps of Belgium )
Cartography of the Low Countries (history of surveying and creation of maps of the Low Countries )
Dutch celestial and lunar cartography in the Age of Exploration (Dutch systematic mapping of the far southern sky, c. 1595–1599 )
Dutch commercial cartography in the Age of Discovery
Dutch corporate cartography in the Age of Discovery
Dutch maritime/nautical cartography in the Age of Discovery
Golden Age of Dutch exploration and discovery (c. 1590s–1720s)
Constellations created and listed by Dutch celestial cartographers
Triangulation (surveying)
Waggoner (nautical)
Mercator projection
Atlas
Continental drift (hypothesis/theory)
Method of determining longitude at sea by means of timekeepers/chronometers
Optical telescope (invention and history of the telescope )
Modern use of the term 'landscape/landschap ' (etymology )
Renaissance cartography
Baroque cartography
Related
Search for the Northeast Passage
Search for the Northwest Passage
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Svalbard (cartography of Svalbard /Spitsbergen )
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Jan Mayen (cartography of Jan Mayen )
European exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
Search for the Great Southern Land/Great Unknown South Land (Terra Australis Nondum Cognita /Terra Australis Incognita )
European maritime exploration of Australia (Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 , Brouwer Route , Hartog's Plate , Eendrachtsland , Anthoonij van Diemens Landt , Nova Hollandia/Nieuw Holland )
European land exploration of Australia
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Australasia (cartography of Australasia )
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Nova Hollandia (cartography of Australia / New Holland )
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Tasmania/Van Diemen's Land (cartography of Tasmania )
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of the Australian continent (cartography of the Australian continent )
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of the Australian mainland (cartography of the Australian mainland )
Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Nova Zeelandia (cartography of New Zealand / Nova Zeelandia )
Dutch exploration and mapping of Taiwan/Formosa (cartography of Taiwan/Formosa )
Dutch exploration and mapping of the East Indies (cartography of the East Indies )
Dutch exploration and mapping of Southern Africa (cartography of Southern Africa )
Dutch exploration and mapping of South Africa (cartography of South Africa )
Dutch exploration and mapping of the Americas
Dutch exploration and mapping of the Pacific
Dutch discovery and exploration of Easter Island
VOC cartography (cartography in the VOC World )
WIC/GWIC cartography (cartography in the WIC/GWIC World )
Dutch colonial cartography
Science and technology in the Dutch Republic (Golden Age of Dutch science and technology )
Influences Influenced
History of cartography (First true atlas in the modern sense , 1570)
History of geography (First undisputed non-Indigenous discovery, exploration and mapping of Australasia , including the Australian continent and New Zealand , excluding New Guinea , 1606–1646)
History of geodesy and surveying (First published systematic uses of the triangulation method in modern surveying and mapmaking , 1533–1615)
History of navigation (First published use of the Mercator projection for maritime navigation , 1569; Discovery of the Brouwer Route , 1611)
History of hydrography (First printed nautical atlas in the modern sense , 1584)
History of selenography / lunar cartography (First published scientific map of the Moon with a topographical nomenclature , 1645)
History of uranography / celestial cartography (First documented systematic mapping of the far southern sky , 1595–1599)
History of astronomy (88 modern constellations / IAU-recognized constellations )
History of cosmography
Depictions in art 1 Field of studies
Notable scholars
Bibliography
Atlantes Neerlandici (book)
Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica (book)
Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (book)
Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie (book)
Caert-Thresoor: Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis van de Kartografie (journal)
Explokart (research programme at Utrecht University )
Brussels Map Circle (previously the Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle )
Australia on the Map (history and heritage division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society )
Note: 1 Depictions of early modern Netherlandish cartography, geography and cosmography (especially in the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography , approximately 1570s–1670s) in works of art
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