Curated category
Globe makers
- Marcin BylicaMarcin Bylica entered the world around 1433 in the town of Olkusz. His father Jan worked as a caretaker for the local waterworks and held the status of a…
- Martin BehaimMartin Behaim was born on the 6th of October 1459 in Nuremberg. He entered the world as the oldest son of Martin Behaim and Agnes Schopper.
- Gerardus MercatorGeert Kremer arrived in the world on the 5th of March 1512 within the village of Rupelmonde. His father Hubert worked as a shoemaker while his mother…