EXPLORER

Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser

1540 - Today

Photo of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser

Icon of person Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser

Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (occasionally Petrus Theodorus; c. 1540 – 11 September 1596) was a Dutch navigator and celestial cartographer who mapped several constellations on the southern celestial hemisphere. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser is the 331st most popular explorer (down from 302nd in 2019), the 3,776th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,481st in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser by language

Loading...

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser ranks 331 out of 498. Before him are Theodor Kotschy, Hermann Wissmann, Pedro Tafur, Nain Singh, Félix de Azara, and Pyotr Chikhachyov. After him are Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Boris Vilkitsky, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Irina Solovyova, Khariton Laptev, and Pascual de Andagoya.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser ranks 27. Before him are Sedefkar Mehmed Agha, Giovanni Artusi, Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Michael Rohoza, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, and ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni. After him are Edmund Campion, Alessandro Striggio, and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.

Others Born in 1540

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser ranks 3,778 out of 7,253. Before him are Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897), Harry Rosenbusch (1836), Andreas Kaplan (1977), Johannes Brenz (1499), Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), and Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738). After him are Maximilian von Montgelas (1759), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Philipp Nicolai (1556), Walter Burkert (1931), Rudi Glöckner (1929), and Fritz Manteuffel (1875).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser ranks 18. Before him are Julius Klaproth (1783), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), and Hermann Wissmann (1853). After him are Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), Carl Peters (1856), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), and Johannes Rebmann (1820).

German born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous