Petrus Apianus
German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (1495-1552) · Scientists · Died at 57
Petrus Apianus, also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography.
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Apianus on a 16th-century engraving by Theodor de Bry
A 1545 print of Cosmographia, Merton College Library, Oxford (2025)![Cordiform projection in a map of the world by Apianus (1524), which is one of the earliest maps that shows America[6][7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/THE_WORLD_MAP%2C_1524_%28and_1564%29_by_Petrus_Apianus.jpg/500px-THE_WORLD_MAP%2C_1524_%28and_1564%29_by_Petrus_Apianus.jpg)
Cordiform projection in a map of the world by Apianus (1524), which is one of the earliest maps that shows America[6][7]
A volvelle for lunar eclipses from Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Apian's geocentric cosmology from Cosmographia, 1524
Folium populi, 1533
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His work on "cosmography", the field that dealt with the earth and its position in the universe, was presented in his most famous publications, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524). His books were extremely influential in his time, with the numerous editions in multiple languages being published until 1609. The lunar crater Apianus and asteroid 19139 Apian are named in his honour.
