1562-1622.
Plancius was a theologian and minister of the Dutch Reformed Church who fled with many of his compatriots from religious persecution in Flanders to settle in Amsterdam in 1585. There he became interested in navigation and cartography and, being fortunate enough to have access to nautical charts recently brought from Portugal, he was soon recognized as an expert on the shipping routes to India. He was interested, too, in the idea of a North East passage until the failure of Willem Barentsz's third voyage in 1597 seemed to preclude the possibility of such a route. In 1602 he was appointed cartographer to the new Dutch East India Company.
Although Plancius produced no atlases his individual maps and charts, over 100 in all, exercised much influence on the work of other cartographers at the turn of the century. His very large wall map of the world dated 1592 was of particular significance.
LAUREMBERG, JOHANNES WILHELM [WILMS].
1590-1658.
From Rostock. Author, mathematician, historian.
Bland arbeten.
Mecklenburg, used by Blaeu 1630 and Hondius 1633,
Macedonia 1647,
Sea Atlas Greece and Aegean 1650,
Cyclades 1662,
Atlas Graecia Antiqua 1656.
Tooley.
1841-1907. Född i Trondheim, död i Christiania (Oslo).
Norsk officer. Han blev 1864 officer, 1867 löjtnant i 2:a 'Akershusiske infanteribrigade' och 1883 kapten. 1897 blev han överstelöjtnant i 'Bergenske infanteribrigade'. Under åren 1867-76 arbetade han vid 'Norges Geografiske Opmaaling'. Hans kartor över Christiania (Oslo) bör ha fyllt ett djupt känt behov. Under 8 år (1873-81) utkom de i inte mindre än 6 upplagor.
Militaerkalenderen. - Seue. - U.B.
Karta öfver Stockholm. - 1904.
'Gjedser-rev med löbene til Nysted.' - Köpenhamn 1911.
