Cornelius Wytfliet

Cornelius Wytfliet or Cornelis van Wytfliet (died around 1597) was a geographer from Leuven in the Habsburg Netherlands, best known for producing the first atlas of the Americas.[1]

Map of Cuba and Jamaica from Wytfliet's Descriptionis Ptolemaicæ augmentum (1597)

Life

Cornelius was the son of Catherine Huybrechts and her husband, Gregorius Wytfliet, who was advocate fiscal of Leuven University from 1557 to 1594.[2]

After graduating Licentiate in Laws from the University of Leuven, Wytfliet moved to Brussels and became secretary to the Council of Brabant. He died in or shortly after 1597, when his Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum (a work adding new discoveries to Ptolemy's description of the world) was published.[2]

Works

Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum (Leuven, Joannes Bogardus, 1597)
- Reissued Leuven, Gerard Rivius, 1598 – On Google Books
- Translated into French as Histoire universelle des Indes occidentales (Douai, François Fabri, 1607) – On Google Books

References

Patricia Cohen (26 Jun 2012). "Swedes Find Stolen Atlas in New York". The New York Times.
Herman Vander Linden, "Wytfliet, Corneille", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 27 (Brussels, 1938), 426-427.

Early modern Netherlandish cartography, geography and cosmography (c. 16th–18th centuries)
Notable people	Cornelis Anthonisz. Theodor de Bry Franciscus Monachus Gemma Frisius Gaspard van der Heyden Gerard Mercator Abraham Ortelius Christophe Plantin Pieter van den Keere Lucas Waghenaer Jan Huyghen van Linschoten Petrus Bertius Pieter Bast Willem Barentsz Adriaen Block Hendrik Brouwer Willem Janszoon Abel Tasman Jacob van Deventer Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser Johannes van Keulen Frederick de Houtman Christiaan Huygens Willebrord Snel van Royen Hessel Gerritsz Abraham Goos Pieter Goos Petrus Plancius Jodocus Hondius Henricus Hondius II Hendrik Hondius I Willem Blaeu Johannes Blaeu Johannes Janssonius Andreas Cellarius Gerard de Jode Cornelis de Jode Michiel van Langren Jacob Floris van Langren Pieter Nuyts Adriaan Reland Johannes Ruysch François Valentijn Claes Visscher Nicolaes Visscher I Nicolaes Visscher II Frederik de Wit Cornelis van Wytfliet
Notable works	Itinerario (1596 book) Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën (1724 book) Leo Belgicus Mercator's 1569 World Map Atlas Cosmographicae (Mercator's 1596 World Atlas) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the Orb of the World) Speculum Orbis Terrarum (1578) Mercator-Hondius Atlas Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas Maior Atlas van Loon Spieghel der Zeevaerdt (Mariner's Mirror) Atlas de Wit Atlas Minor Atlas Novus Beudeker Collection Blaeu Atlas of Scotland Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht Klencke Atlas Speculum Orbis Terrae (1593) Tasman Map (c. 1644) Van Langren's map of the Moon Harmonia Macrocosmica Dutch-created constellations (include: Apus, Camelopardalis, Chamaeleon, Cancer Minor, Columba, Dorado, Gallus, Grus, Hydrus, Indus, Jordanus, Monoceros, Musca / Apis, Musca Borealis / Apes, Phoenix, Tigris, Triangulum Australe, Tucana, Volans)
Main centres	Leuven (Old University of Leuven) Antwerp Amsterdam (Dutch Golden Age)
General	Dutch school of cartography Flemish cartography Golden Age of Dutch cartography / Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s–1670s) Netherlandish school of cartography Cartography in the Dutch Republic Astronomy in the Dutch Republic Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery Cartography of the Netherlands (history of surveying and creation of maps of the Netherlands) Cartography of Belgium (history of surveying and creation of maps of Belgium) Cartography of the Low Countries (history of surveying and creation of maps of the Low Countries) Dutch celestial and lunar cartography in the Age of Exploration (Dutch systematic mapping of the far southern sky, c. 1595–1599) Dutch commercial cartography in the Age of Discovery Dutch corporate cartography in the Age of Discovery Dutch maritime/nautical cartography in the Age of Discovery Golden Age of Dutch exploration and discovery (c. 1590s–1720s) Constellations created and listed by Dutch celestial cartographers Triangulation (surveying) Waggoner (nautical) Mercator projection Atlas Continental drift (hypothesis/theory) Optical telescope (invention and history of the telescope) Modern use of the term 'landscape/landschap' (etymology) Renaissance cartography Baroque cartography
Related	Search for the Northeast Passage Search for the Northwest Passage Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Svalbard (cartography of Svalbard/Spitsbergen) Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Jan Mayen (cartography of Jan Mayen) European exploration and mapping of Southern Africa Search for the Great Southern Land/Great Unknown South Land (Terra Australis Nondum Cognita/Terra Australis Incognita) European maritime exploration of Australia (Janszoon voyage of 1605–06, Brouwer Route, Hartog's Plate, Eendrachtsland, Anthoonij van Diemens Landt, Nova Hollandia/Nieuw Holland) European land exploration of Australia Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Australasia (cartography of Australasia) Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Nova Hollandia (cartography of New Holland / Australia) Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Tasmania/Van Diemen's Land (cartography of Tasmania) Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of the Australian continent (cartography of the Australian continent) Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of the Australian mainland (cartography of the Australian mainland) Dutch discovery, exploration and mapping of Nova Zeelandia (cartography of New Zealand) Dutch exploration and mapping of Formosa/Taiwan (cartography of Taiwan) Dutch exploration and mapping of the East Indies (cartography of the East Indies) Dutch exploration and mapping of Southern Africa (cartography of Southern Africa) Dutch exploration and mapping of South Africa (cartography of South Africa) Dutch exploration and mapping of the Americas Dutch exploration and mapping of the Pacific Dutch discovery and exploration of Easter Island VOC cartography (cartography in the VOC World) WIC/GWIC cartography (cartography in the WIC/GWIC World) Dutch colonial cartography Science and technology in the Dutch Republic (Golden Age of Dutch science and technology)
Influences	Early modern Iberian (Spanish and Portuguese) cartography Early modern Italian cartography Renaissance cartography
Influenced	History of cartography (First true atlas in the modern sense, 1570) History of geography (First undisputed non-Indigenous discovery, exploration and mapping of Australasia, including the Australian continent and New Zealand, excluding New Guinea, 1606–1646) History of geodesy and surveying (First published systematic uses of the triangulation method in modern surveying and mapmaking, 1533–1615) History of navigation (First published use of the Mercator projection for maritime navigation, 1569; Discovery of the Brouwer Route, 1611) History of hydrography (First printed nautical atlas in the modern sense, 1584) History of selenography / lunar cartography (First published scientific map of the Moon with a topographical nomenclature, 1645) History of uranography / celestial cartography (First documented systematic mapping of the far southern sky, 1595–1599) History of astronomy (88 modern constellations / IAU-recognized constellations) History of cosmography
Field of studies	Notable scholars Bibliography Atlantes Neerlandici (book) Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica (book) Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (book) Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie (book) Caert-Thresoor: Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis van de Kartografie (journal) Explokart (research programme at Utrecht University) Brussels Map Circle (previously the Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle) Australia on the Map (history and heritage division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society)

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