Nicolaus Germanus
✓ Source-basedrisingGerman cartographer (1420-1490)
ScientistsLived 1420 to 1490 · aged 70
Fame44.3
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Nicolaus Germanus was a German cartographer who modernized Ptolemy's Geography by applying new projections, adding additional maps, and contributing other innovations that were influential in the development of Renaissance cartography.
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![Nicolaus Germanus's 1467 manuscript copy of Ptolemy's world map, displaying Nicolaus Germanus's form of Ptolemy's 2nd projection and the expanded knowledge of Scandinavia in the northwest[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cosmographia_Claudii_Ptolomaei_ante_1467_%287455943%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Cosmographia_Claudii_Ptolomaei_ante_1467_%287455943%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Nicolaus Germanus's 1467 manuscript copy of Ptolemy's world map, displaying Nicolaus Germanus's form of Ptolemy's 2nd projection and the expanded knowledge of Scandinavia in the northwest[1]
A modern book illustration of the world map in the Ulm Ptolemy
Johannes Schnitzer's world map from Holle's 1482 edition of Ptolemy's GeographyScientists born in the 1420s 2
About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1420 to 1490 · aged 70
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