Often called 'Donis' from a misapprehension of the title 'Donnus' or 'Donus' an abbreviated form of 'Dominus.
A fifteenth-century cartographer, place of birth, and date of birth and death unknown. The first allusion to him of authentic date is an injunction of Duke Borso d'Este (15 March, 1466) to his referendary and privy counselor, Ludovico Casella, at Ferrara, to have the 'Cosmographia of Don Nicolò' thoroughly examined and then to determine a recompense for it. The duke, on the thirtieth of the same month, called upon his treasurers for 100 florins in gold 'to remit as a mark of his appreciation to Donnus Nicolaus Germanus for his excellent book entitled 'Cosmographia''. On 8 April, 1466, the duke again drew thirty golden florins to present to the Rev. Nicolaus, who 'in addition to that excellent Cosmography' (ultra illud excellens Cosmographie opus) had dedicated to the duke a calendar made to cover many years to come ('librum tacuini multorum annorum'). The 'Cosmographia' as preserved in the Biblioth...
FISCHER, Nicolaus Germanus in Entdeckungen der Normannen in Amerika (Freiburg, 1902), 75-90, 113 sqq. (Eng. tr., London, 1903), 72-86, 108 sqq.
1565-1629.
Petrus Bertius grew up in Beveren in Flanders and as a young man travelled widely in Europe. In company with so many of his compatriots he moved to Amsterdam as a refugee from religious persecution and after completing his studies there he was appointed a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia (based on Mercator's edition of 1578) and for the miniature atlases detailed below. In 1618 he moved to Paris and became Official Cosmographer to Louis XIII. He was related by marriage to Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere.
1795-1869. Född och död i Bryssel.
Belgisk geograf. 1827 gav han ut en 'Atlas universel de Géographie physique, politique et statistique' i 6 band och 1829-30 en 'Atlas de l'Europe' med 165 kartor. Förutom dessa gav han ut olika specialkartor, speciellt över belgiska områden. Hans främsta geografiska verk, 'Dictionnaire géographique des provinces belges', planerades att utges i 12 band men kom till slut endast i 8 band (1831-38).
A Belgian publisher who produced one of the first atlases printed by lithography.
Bland arbeten.
Atlas universel de Géographie physique, politique et statistique.
Atlas de l'Europe.
Dictionnaire géographique des provinces belges.
Biogr. Belg.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Grafen von Keyserling - Tyskland ca 1800.
