Petrus Plancius (Dutch: [ˈpeːtrʏs ˈplɑŋkijʏs]; born Pieter Platevoet [ˈpitər ˈplaːtəvut]; 1552 – 15 May 1622) was a Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer...
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Volans (category Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius)
Houtman in the late 16th century. It was first depicted on Petrus Plancius’ globe in 1598. Plancius called the constellation Vliegendenvis (flying fish). In...
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Monoceros (category Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius)
equator. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century cartographer Petrus Plancius. It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, Canis Major...
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appeared on celestial globes developed in the late 16th century by Petrus Plancius, based mainly on observations of the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon...
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Dorado (category Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius)
genitive ending -ūs. Dorado was one of twelve constellations named by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman...
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constellation that lay where Tucana and Grus now are. It was introduced by Petrus Plancius in the small celestial planispheres on his large wall map of 1592....
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Musca (category Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius)
the deep southern sky. It was one of 12 constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman...
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Camelopardalis (category Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius)
representing a giraffe. The constellation was introduced in 1612 or 1613 by Petrus Plancius. Some older astronomy books give Camelopardalus or Camelopardus as...
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Tucana (category Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius)
of twelve constellations conceived in the late sixteenth century by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman...
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Victor Reinier as Jacob van Heemskerk Jan Decleir as Petrus Plancius Doutzen Kroes as Catharina Plancius Semmy Schilt as Claes The film was filmed on location...
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