Johannes Ruysch
✓ Source-basedfallingDutch astronomer, cartographer and explorer (1460-1533)
ScientistsLived 1460 to 1533 · aged 73
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Johannes Ruysch was a Dutch cartographer, explorer, painter, and Benedictine monk from Utrecht. He is best known for creating one of the earliest printed maps to depict portions of the New World in his 1508 world map included in an edition of Ptolemy's Geography.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1460 to 1533 · aged 73
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