# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-quad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:16.408Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-quad"
name: "Matthias Quad"
slug: "matthias-quad"
description: "Matthias Quad (1557–1613) was an engraver and cartographer from Cologne. He was the first European mapmaker to use dotted lines to indicate international borders."
tagline: "German engraver (1557-1613)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Bussemacher-Quad_Aphrica_1600_UTA.jpg/330px-Bussemacher-Quad_Aphrica_1600_UTA.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1557"
deathDate: "1613-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Matthias Quad"
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    title: "Кваден, Маттиас"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump