Renaissance geographers
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Renaissance geographers were early modern European scholars who revived and expanded classical geographical knowledge, integrating ancient texts with new discoveries from the Age of Exploration to reshape understandings of the world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early modern scholars
ⓘ
group of people ⓘ historical occupation ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Renaissance
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early modern period ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
expand classical geographical knowledge
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reshape understandings of the world ⓘ revive classical geographical knowledge ⓘ |
| basedIn | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
European worldviews
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development of modern cartography ⓘ development of modern geography ⓘ improvement of navigation techniques ⓘ mapping of newly discovered lands ⓘ refinement of latitude and longitude concepts ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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classical studies ⓘ cosmography ⓘ geography ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| influenced |
European colonial expansion planning
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later Enlightenment geographers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical revival
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humanism ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Age of Exploration discoveries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
new world maps ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Abraham Ortelius
NERFINISHED
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Diego Ribero NERFINISHED ⓘ Francesco Berlinghieri NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerardus Mercator NERFINISHED ⓘ Giovanni Battista Ramusio NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Cartier NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Waldseemüller NERFINISHED ⓘ Oronce Finé NERFINISHED ⓘ Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro Nunes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
atlases
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cosmographical treatises ⓘ nautical manuals ⓘ world maps ⓘ |
| typicalLanguage |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| usedSources |
Ptolemy's Geography
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ancient Greek geographical texts ⓘ ancient Roman geographical texts ⓘ astronomical observations ⓘ nautical charts ⓘ portolan charts ⓘ travel accounts from explorers ⓘ |
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