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Pieter van der Aa

1659 - 1733

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Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, August 1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He also printed many maps that were often out of print, which he reissued. Some of his most popular maps were of the African continent, detailing locations such as Morocco and Madagascar. Many of his later works were printed for the general public in French and Dutch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter van der Aa is the 7,266th most popular politician (down from 3,204th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 139th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pieter van der Aa ranks 7,266 out of 19,576Before him are Giulio Alberoni, Zhang Lu, Arnold of Torroja, Arnuwanda II, Armand Călinescu, and Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver, Herbert von Bismarck, Omar Karami, Garibald I of Bavaria, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, and Jovinus.

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Among people born in 1659, Pieter van der Aa ranks 10Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl, Henry Every, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, and Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt. After him are Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Domenico Gabrielli, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and William Sherard. Among people deceased in 1733, Pieter van der Aa ranks 7Before him are Augustus II the Strong, François Couperin, Bernard Mandeville, Georg Böhm, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, and Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia. After him are Nicolas Coustou, Robert de Visée, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Bernard Picart.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter van der Aa ranks 294 out of 1,646Before him are Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Willem de Sitter (1872), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Ludger (742), and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968). After him are Zacharias Janssen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Philip de Koninck (1619), Jan Timman (1951), Aert de Gelder (1645), and Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pieter van der Aa ranks 49Before him are Joan Blaeu (1596), Piet de Jong (1915), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627). After him are Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Frits Bolkestein (1933), Joop den Uyl (1919), Henk Sneevliet (1883), and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768).