# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hessel-gerritsz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:22.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hessel-gerritsz"
name: "Hessel Gerritsz"
slug: "hessel-gerritsz"
description: "Hessel Gerritsz was a Dutch engraver, cartographer, and publisher. A notable figure in the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography, despite strong competition Gerritsz is considered by some \"unquestionably the chief Dutch cartographer of the 17th century\"."
tagline: "Dutch engraver and cartographer (1581–1632)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hessel_Gerritsz_-_Worldmap_of_1612_including_the_discovery_of_La_Austrialia_del_Espiritu_Santo_by_Pedro_Fernandes_de_Queir%C3%B3s.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1581"
deathDate: "1632-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.342981333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D2%90%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96%D1%82%D1%86"
    title: "Гессель Ґеррітц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A5"
    title: "הסל חריץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz"
    title: "Hessel Gerritsz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Герритс, Гессель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4137508"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump