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Claes Jansz. Visscher

1587 - 1652

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Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587 – 19 June 1652) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher. He was the founder of the successful Visscher family mapmaking business. The firm that he established in Amsterdam would be passed down his generations until it was sold to Peter Schenk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claes Jansz. Visscher is the 50th most popular geographer (up from 59th in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 591st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Claes Jansz. Visscher ranks 50 out of 86. Before him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Alfred Hettner, Yi-Fu Tuan, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Jehuda Cresques, and Jan Janssonius. After him are Hans Meyer, Inō Tadataka, August Heinrich Petermann, Emmanuel de Martonne, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and Guillaume Delisle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Claes Jansz. Visscher ranks 14. Before him are Esaias van de Velde, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Magdalene of Bavaria, Johannes Fabricius, and Song Yingxing. After him are Virginia Dare, Yun Seondo, and Khusrau Mirza. Among people deceased in 1652, Claes Jansz. Visscher ranks 12. Before him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Jan Dirksz Both, and Denis Pétau. After him are Chen Hongshou, Johann von Werth, Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, and Pieter de Grebber.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Claes Jansz. Visscher ranks 478 out of 1,646. Before him are Isaac van Ostade (1621), Herman van Veen (1945), Wim Ruska (1940), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Eduard van Beinum (1900), and Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873). After him are Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Hennie Kuiper (1949), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Willem Drost (1633), and Pierre Cuypers (1827).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Netherlands

Among geographers born in Netherlands, Claes Jansz. Visscher ranks 3. Before him are Willem Blaeu (1571), and Jan Janssonius (1588).

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