Marcus Jordanus
Marcus Jordanus (* ca. 1531 in Krempe; † 1595 in Krempe) was a Danish cartographer and mathematician. Jordanus studied at the University of Copenhagen, where in 1550 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics.
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Marcus Jordanus
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- 1531 · Krempe.
- Died
- 1595 · Krempe.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- mathematician · university teacher · cartographer
- Languages
- German
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Marcus Jordanus (* ca. 1531 in Krempe; † 1595 in Krempe) was a Danish cartographer and mathematician. Jordanus studied at the University of Copenhagen, where in 1550 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics.
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Among other things, he gave lectures on geodesy and dealt with the geography of Ptolemy. In 1552, he published a map with the printer Hans Vingaard in Copenhagen. This was one of the first printed maps of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and Abraham Ortelius referred to it in his Catalogus Cartographorum. The map is now lost, and no copies survive.
• Illustration — Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein in 1559 with calendar 1558–1585 by Marcus Jordanus In 1553, Cristian III of Denmark and Norway commissioned Jordanus to visit and map all the provinces of the empire. The resulting map was handed over to the University Library in Copenhagen, but is no longer there. After this commission, the cartographer did not return to the University, but devoted his time to further mapping work. In 1559 he published another map of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. It also included a calendar of 1558 to 1585. There is a copy of this map in the library of the University of Leiden. Jordanus later returned to his birthplace, where he was mayor in 1568 and 1582.
Plate '047av-047br' from the Atlas Ortelius by Abraham Ortelius. Original edition from 1571 with additions from 1573, 1579 and 1584. Complete description of this work (in Dutch) On this map Holstein is shown.
Marcus Jordanus / Abraham Ortelius · This digital media file - and/or the physical objects depicted on it - originates from the digital and/or physical collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands.
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1531
Marcus Jordanus was born on 1 January 1531.
1595
Marcus Jordanus died at Krempe.
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