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67 relations: Amsterdam, Apus, Astronomer, Brussels, Camelopardalis, Cancer Minor (constellation), Cartography, Chamaeleon, Clergy, Columba (constellation), Constellation, Crux, Dorado, Dranouter, Dutch East India Company, Dutch people, Dutch Reformed Church, Ferdinand Magellan, First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia, Flemish people, Frederick de Houtman, Gallus (constellation), Grus (constellation), Henry Hudson, Heuvelland, History of cartography, Hydrus, Ian Ridpath, India, Indus (constellation), Inquisition, International Astronomical Union, Jacob Floris van Langren, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Java, Jodocus Hondius, Johann Bayer, Jordanus (constellation), Large Magellanic Cloud, Longitude, Maluku Islands, Mercator projection, Minister (Christianity), Minor planet, Monoceros, Musca, Musca Borealis, Navigation, New France, New World, ..., Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Northern Sea Route, Pavo (constellation), Phoenix (constellation), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Pieter van den Keere, River Tigris (constellation), Small Magellanic Cloud, Star, Theology, Triangulum Australe, Tucana, Uranometria, Volans, West Flanders, Willem Barentsz, 88 modern constellations. Expand index (17 more) »
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.
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Apus
Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.
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Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis is a large but obscure constellation of the northern sky representing a giraffe.
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Cancer Minor (constellation)
Cancer Minor (Latin for "lesser crab") was a constellation composed from a few stars in Gemini adjacent to Cancer.
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Cartography
Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.
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Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky.
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Clergy
Clergy are some of the main and important formal leaders within certain religions.
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Columba (constellation)
Columba is a small, faint constellation created in the late sixteenth century.
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Constellation
A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.
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Crux
Crux is a constellation located in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way.
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Dorado
Dorado (English pronunciation) is a constellation in the southern sky.
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Dranouter
Dranouter (Dutch, locally known as Nouter) is a village and a deelgemeente in the municipality of Heuvelland in West Flanders, Belgium.
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Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company, sometimes known as the United East Indies Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; or Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie in modern spelling; abbreviated to VOC), better known to the English-speaking world as the Dutch East India Company or sometimes as the Dutch East Indies Company, was a multinational corporation that was founded in 1602 from a government-backed consolidation of several rival Dutch trading companies.
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Dutch people
The Dutch (Dutch), occasionally referred to as Netherlanders—a term that is cognate to the Dutch word for Dutch people, "Nederlanders"—are a Germanic ethnic group native to the Netherlands.
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Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church (in or NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation until 1930.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan (or; Fernão de Magalhães,; Fernando de Magallanes,; c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano.
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First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia
The First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia (Dutch: Eerste Schipvaart) was an expedition that took place from 1595 to 1597.
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Flemish people
The Flemish or Flemings are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, in modern Belgium, who speak Dutch, especially any of its dialects spoken in historical Flanders, known collectively as Flemish Dutch.
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Frederick de Houtman
Frederick de Houtman (1571 – 21 October 1627), or Frederik de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who sailed along the Western coast of Australia en route to Batavia, known today as Jakarta in Indonesia.
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Gallus (constellation)
Gallus (the cockerel) was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius.
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Grus (constellation)
Grus (or colloquially) is a constellation in the southern sky.
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Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson (1565–1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.
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Heuvelland
Heuvelland is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
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History of cartography
Cartography, or mapmaking, has been an integral part of the human history for thousands of years.
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Hydrus
Hydrus is a small constellation in the deep southern sky.
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Ian Ridpath
Ian William Ridpath (born 1 May 1947, Ilford, Essex) is an English science writer and broadcaster best known as a popularizer of astronomy and a biographer of constellation history.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Indus (constellation)
Indus is a constellation in the southern sky created in the late sixteenth century.
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Inquisition
The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat public heresy committed by baptized Christians.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
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Jacob Floris van Langren
Jacob Floris van Langren (c. 1525 – 27 July 1610) was a Dutch cartographer and globe-maker who established a family dynasty of three generations in those professions.
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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563 – 8 February 1611) was a Dutch merchant, trader and historian.
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Java
Java (Indonesian: Jawa; Javanese: ꦗꦮ; Sundanese) is an island of Indonesia.
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Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius (Latinized version of his Dutch name: Joost de Hondt) (14 October 1563 – 12 February 1612) was a Flemish engraver and cartographer.
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Johann Bayer
Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).
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Jordanus (constellation)
Jordanus (the Jordan River) was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius.
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Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
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Longitude
Longitude, is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface.
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Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas are an archipelago within Banda Sea, Indonesia.
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Mercator projection
The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.
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Minister (Christianity)
In Christianity, a minister is a person authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community.
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Minor planet
A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet.
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Monoceros
Monoceros (Greek: Μονόκερως) is a faint constellation on the celestial equator.
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Musca
Musca is a small constellation in the deep southern sky.
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Musca Borealis
Musca Borealis (Latin for northern fly) was a constellation, now discarded, located between the constellations of Aries and Perseus.
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Navigation
Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.
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New France
New France (Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763.
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New World
The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).
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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, (15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer.
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Northern Sea Route
The Northern Sea Route (Се́верный морско́й путь, Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Севморпуть, Sevmorput) is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of Novaya Zemlya and specifically running along the Russian Arctic coast from the Kara Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Strait.
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Pavo (constellation)
Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky with the Latin name for peacock.
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Phoenix (constellation)
Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky.
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Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser
Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, sometimes Petrus Theodorus (c. 1540 in Emden – 11 September 1596 in Banten), was a Dutch navigator who mapped the southern sky.
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Pieter van den Keere
Pieter van den Keere (Peter Kaerius 1571 – c. 1646) was a Dutch engraver, publisher and globe maker.
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River Tigris (constellation)
River Tigris or Tigris (named after the Tigris river) was a constellation, introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius.
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Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or Nubecula Minor, is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way.
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Star
A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.
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Theology
Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine.
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Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Australe is a small constellation in the far Southern Celestial Hemisphere.
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Tucana
Tucana is a constellation of stars in the southern sky, named after the toucan, a South American bird.
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Uranometria
Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.
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Volans
Volans is a constellation in the southern sky.
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West Flanders
West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen; West Flemish: West Vloandern; French: (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale; German: Westflandern) is the most western province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium.
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Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz (anglicized as William Barents or Barentz) (c. 1550 – 20 June 1597) was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
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88 modern constellations
In modern astronomy, the sky (celestial sphere) is divided into 88 regions called constellations, generally based on the asterisms (which are also called "constellations") of Greek and Roman mythology.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius
