Petrus Plancius

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Dutch Reformed minister astronomer cartographer clergyman human theologian

Petrus Plancius was a 16th–17th century Flemish-Dutch astronomer, cartographer, and clergyman known for creating influential star maps and introducing several southern constellations.

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Label Occurrences
Petrus Plancius canonical 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Reformed minister ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
human ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthDate 1552 ⓘ
birthName Pieter Platevoet NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace County of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dranouter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hainaut region NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1622 ⓘ
deathPlace Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Dutch Reformed Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Flemish ⓘ
familyName Platevoet NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
theology ⓘ
givenName Pieter NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Dutch navigators ⓘ
early modern cartography ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Dutch navigation ⓘ
creating influential star maps ⓘ
introducing several southern constellations ⓘ
role in early Dutch overseas expansion ⓘ
work on celestial globes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
name Petrus Plancius NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement helped define several new southern constellations based on observations from Dutch voyages ⓘ
produced some of the earliest reasonably accurate maps of the East Indies ⓘ
notableWork early celestial globes ⓘ
star maps of the southern sky ⓘ
world maps for navigation ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
minister ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
workLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dorado → introducedBy → Petrus Plancius ⓘ
constellation Tucana → introducedBy → Petrus Plancius ⓘ
subject surface form: Tucana
Musca → introducedBy → Petrus Plancius ⓘ
Musca → firstPublishedOnGlobeBy → Petrus Plancius ⓘ
constellation Dorado → introducedBy → Petrus Plancius ⓘ
subject surface form: Dorado
Camelopardalis → discoverer → Petrus Plancius ⓘ
Camelopardalis → introducedBy → Petrus Plancius ⓘ