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Petrus Bertius

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Flemish theologian and scientist (1565-1629)

ScientistsLived 1565 to 1629 · aged 63
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Petrus Bertius was a Flemish philosopher, theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer.

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Petrus Bertius, engraving by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg.Petrus Bertius, engraving by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg.Map of Livonia (1603) from Petrus Bertius, Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum.Map of Livonia (1603) from Petrus Bertius, Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum.

Scientists born in the 1560s 6

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Petrus Bertius was a Flemish philosopher, theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer. Bertius published much in mathematics, and historical and theological works, but he is now best known as a cartographer with his edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy, which includes Mercator's Ptolemaic atlas from 1578 as well as parallel Greek and Latin texts.

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Lived 1565 to 1629 · aged 63
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