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When did the famous cartographers and explorers live? Who were their contemporaries among the rulers, artists and philosophers? Find out here...

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Suleyman I the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan   Cardinal Richelieu, French Statesman   William III, King of England

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese Conqueror   Oliver Cromwell, English Statesman   Peter I, Russian Czar

Phillip II, King of Spain   Louis XIV, King of France

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian Sculptor   William Shakespeare, Playwright

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Astronomer   Giordano Bruno, Italian Philosopher   Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch Painter

Martin Luther, German Religious Reformer   Sir Francis Bacon, English Philosopher   B. Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

Leonardo da Vinci, Painter   Pieter Brueghel, Painter   Johannes Kepler, German Astronomer   Sir Isaac Newton, English Scientist

Ferdinand Magellan, Navigator   Frans Hogenberg, Dutch Cartographer

Diego Gutierrez, Spanish Cartographer   Samuel de Champlain, French Explorer

Columbus   Gerardus Mercator, Flemish Cartographer   Joan Blaeu, Dutch Cartographer

Vasco da Gama, Navigator   Abraham Ortelius, Dutch Cartographer   Frederick de Wit, Dutch Cartographer

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