Johannes Ruysch

Johannes Ruysch
Bornc. 1470
Died1533
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

Johannes Ruysch (c. 1470–1533) was a Dutch cartographer, explorer, painter, and Benedictine monk from Utrecht. He is best known for creating one of the earliest printed maps to depict portions of the New World in his 1508 world map included in an edition of Ptolemy's Geography.

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