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Willem Blaeu

1571 - 1638

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Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnsoːm ˈblʌu]; 1571 – 21 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Blaeu has received more than 185,993 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Willem Blaeu is the 30th most popular geographer (up from 35th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 251st in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Geographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

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  • 64.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Willem Blaeu ranks 30 out of 86. Before him are Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, and Nicolas Sanson. After him are Albrecht Penck, Marinus of Tyre, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, Artemidorus Ephesius, Jovan Cvijić, and Vincenzo Coronelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Willem Blaeu ranks 11. Before him are Hasekura Tsunenaga, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Mun, Mulla Sadra, and Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias. After him are Charles, Duke of Guise, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, Paulus Moreelse, Pietro Aldobrandini, Salomon de Brosse, and Lucrezia Marinella. Among people deceased in 1638, Willem Blaeu ranks 13. Before him are Johannes Althusius, Cyril Lucaris, John Harvard, Cornelis van Haarlem, Peter Minuit, and Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy. After him are Hercules Seghers, Paulus Moreelse, Barbara Longhi, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Georg Flegel, and Joachim Wtewael.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Blaeu ranks 256 out of 1,646. Before him are Saskia Sassen (1947), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), and C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817). After him are Maarten Tromp (1598), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Carel Struycken (1948), Otto van Veen (1556), Nicolaes Maes (1634), and Danny Blind (1961).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Netherlands

Among geographers born in Netherlands, Willem Blaeu ranks 1. After him are Jan Janssonius (1588), and Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587).

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