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Jan Janssonius

1588 - 1664

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Johannes Janssonius (1588, in Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, in Amsterdam) (born Jan Janszoon, in English also Jan Jansson) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Janssonius is the 49th most popular geographer (down from 47th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 417th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Jan Janssonius ranks 49 out of 86. Before him are Erich von Drygalski, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Alfred Hettner, Yi-Fu Tuan, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, and Jehuda Cresques. After him are Claes Jansz. Visscher, Hans Meyer, Inō Tadataka, August Heinrich Petermann, Emmanuel de Martonne, and Johann Gottlieb Georgi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1588, Jan Janssonius ranks 12. Before him are Henri, Prince of Condé, Isaac Beeckman, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Robert Filmer, and Pierre Séguier. After him are Johann von Aldringen, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Margherita Aldobrandini, Ole Worm, John Winthrop, and Claudius Salmasius. Among people deceased in 1664, Jan Janssonius ranks 12. Before him are Miklós Zrínyi, Maria Cunitz, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Henry II, Duke of Guise, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria. After him are Salomon de Bray, Élisabeth de Bourbon, Michiel Sweerts, Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau, Guru Har Krishan, and Cornelis Pietersz Bega.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Janssonius ranks 449 out of 1,646. Before him are Thomas de Keyser (1596), Jan Akkerman (1946), Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Pierre Kartner (1935), and Adriaen van de Venne (1589). After him are Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Frits Philips (1905), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), and Arend Lijphart (1936).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Netherlands

Among geographers born in Netherlands, Jan Janssonius ranks 2. Before him are Willem Blaeu (1571). After him are Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587).

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