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Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Aaron Arrowsmith, engraving by T.A. Dean after a portrait by H.W. Pickersgill
Aaron Arrowsmith
British geographer and cartographer
John Adair
Scottish surveyor
Abraham Ortelius's map of the world from 1570.
Abraham Ortelius
Flemish cartographer
Bartholomew, John George
John George Bartholomew
Scottish cartographer and publisher
Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map
Martin Waldseemüller
German cartographer