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Joan Blaeu

1596 - 1673

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Joan Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɑm ˈblʌu]; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673), also called Johannes Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer and the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. Blaeu is most notable for his map published in 1648, which was the first map to incorporate the heliocentric theory into a map of the world and was the first map that incorporated the discoveries of Abel Tasman. Blaeu renamed what is now New Zealand as Nieuw Zeeland after the Dutch province of Zeeland; the anglicized version of the name is still in use today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Blaeu is the 6,894th most popular politician (down from 5,345th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 225th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joan Blaeu ranks 6,894 out of 19,576. Before him are Michel Debré, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Tapio Wirkkala, Jânio Quadros, Smbat I of Armenia, and Hermann Billung. After him are Mitsumasa Yonai, Alexander I of Moldavia, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Sinjong of Goryeo, Rusa II, and Jeremy Hunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Joan Blaeu ranks 15. Before him are Nicola Amati, Baldassare Longhena, Peter Mogila, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Constantijn Huygens, and Johan Banér. After him are Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Leonaert Bramer, Jean Bolland, Thomas de Keyser, and Ebba Brahe. Among people deceased in 1673, Joan Blaeu ranks 7. Before him are Molière, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Salvator Rosa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, and Semyon Dezhnev. After him are Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Regnier de Graaf, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Joan Blaeu ranks 278 out of 1,646. Before him are Balthasar van der Ast (1593), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Isaac Beeckman (1588), and Hendrik Verwoerd (1901). After him are Wim Hof (1959), Piet de Jong (1915), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Mark van Bommel (1977), and Otto van Veen (1556).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Joan Blaeu ranks 43. Before him are William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Sicco Mansholt (1908), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), and Hendrik Verwoerd (1901). After him are Piet de Jong (1915), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), and Pieter van der Aa (1659).

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