Jan Janszoon
E471099
Jan Janszoon, better known by the Latinized name Johannes Janssonius, was a prominent 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher associated with the influential Blaeu family in Amsterdam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jan Janszoon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4730091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Janszoon Context triple: [Johannes Janssonius, birthName, Jan Janszoon]
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A.
Jakob Hermanszoon
Jakob Hermanszoon, better known as Jacobus Arminius, was a Dutch Reformed theologian whose views on free will and predestination gave rise to Arminianism and significantly influenced Protestant theology.
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B.
Gerrit Gerritszoon
Gerrit Gerritszoon is the original Dutch birth name of Desiderius Erasmus, the renowned Renaissance humanist scholar and theologian.
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Hessel Gerritsz
Hessel Gerritsz was a prominent Dutch Golden Age cartographer and engraver known for his influential maps and for serving as the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company.
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D.
Pieterszoon
Pieterszoon is a Dutch patronymic surname element meaning "son of Pieter," commonly found in historical Dutch names.
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E.
Isaac van Hoornbeek
Isaac van Hoornbeek was a 17th-century Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland, acting as one of the leading political figures of the Dutch Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Janszoon Target entity description: Jan Janszoon, better known by the Latinized name Johannes Janssonius, was a prominent 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher associated with the influential Blaeu family in Amsterdam.
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A.
Jakob Hermanszoon
Jakob Hermanszoon, better known as Jacobus Arminius, was a Dutch Reformed theologian whose views on free will and predestination gave rise to Arminianism and significantly influenced Protestant theology.
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B.
Gerrit Gerritszoon
Gerrit Gerritszoon is the original Dutch birth name of Desiderius Erasmus, the renowned Renaissance humanist scholar and theologian.
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C.
Hessel Gerritsz
Hessel Gerritsz was a prominent Dutch Golden Age cartographer and engraver known for his influential maps and for serving as the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company.
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D.
Pieterszoon
Pieterszoon is a Dutch patronymic surname element meaning "son of Pieter," commonly found in historical Dutch names.
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E.
Isaac van Hoornbeek
Isaac van Hoornbeek was a 17th-century Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland, acting as one of the leading political figures of the Dutch Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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cartographer ⓘ human ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1660s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1610s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Blaeu family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessPartner |
Henricus Hondius
NERFINISHED
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Jodocus Hondius the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| competitor |
Joan Blaeu
NERFINISHED
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1588 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1664 ⓘ |
| employer | Hondius–Janssonius publishing house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyConnection | Hondius family by marriage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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publishing ⓘ |
| genre |
atlas
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map ⓘ |
| hasLatinizedName | Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Jan Janszoon
NERFINISHED
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Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large multi-volume atlases
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updating and expanding Mercator–Hondius atlases ⓘ |
| notablePublicationPlace | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atlas Novus
NERFINISHED
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Theatrum Universalis Omnium Regionum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
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publisher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Arnhem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedTypeOfWork |
sea charts
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town plans ⓘ wall maps ⓘ |
| publishedInLanguage |
Dutch
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| spouse | Elisabeth de Hondt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedPrintingTechnique | copperplate engraving ⓘ |
| workLocation | Amsterdam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jan Janszoon Description of subject: Jan Janszoon, better known by the Latinized name Johannes Janssonius, was a prominent 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher associated with the influential Blaeu family in Amsterdam.
Referenced by (1)
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