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Pieter van der Aa

1659 - 1733

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Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, August 1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He also printed many maps that were often out of print, which he reissued. Some of his most popular maps were of the African continent, detailing locations such as Morocco and Madagascar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter van der Aa has received more than 73,262 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pieter van der Aa is the 3,204th most popular politician (up from 6,246th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 250th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 0.98

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pieter van der Aa ranks 3,204 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Mohammed Omar, Constantine III, Muhammad I of Granada, and Concino Concini. After him are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Nikolai Patrushev, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Marcel Cerdan, and Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, Pieter van der Aa ranks 7. Before him are Henry Purcell, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Jacob Roggeveen, Henry Every, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, and Georg Ernst Stahl. After him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Domenico Gabrielli. Among people deceased in 1733, Pieter van der Aa ranks 4. Before him are Augustus II the Strong, François Couperin, and Bernard Mandeville. After him are Georg Böhm, Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Robert de Visée, Nicolas Coustou, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter van der Aa ranks 139 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerard David (1450), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Anton Mauve (1838), Etty Hillesum (1914), Geert Hofstede (1928), and Pim Fortuyn (1948). After him are Bernard Haitink (1929), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Johnny Rep (1951), and Gaius Julius Civilis (25).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pieter van der Aa ranks 18. Before him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Geert Wilders (1963), William II of Holland (1228), Mark Rutte (1967), and Pim Fortuyn (1948). After him are William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), Ruud Lubbers (1939), Wim Kok (1938), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), John II, Count of Holland (1247), and Wim Duisenberg (1935).

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