Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

male, deceased (1512)
'Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 -February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He played a senior role in two voyages...

Martin Waldseemüller

male
Martin Waldseemüller was a German cartographer. He was born in Freiburg im Breisgau (his mother was from Radolfzell) and studied at the University o...
Antonio de Leon Pinelo

Antonio de Leon Pinelo

male, deceased (1675)
Antonio de Leon Pinelo was a Spanish-colonial historian (b. 1589, Cordova de Tucuman; d. c.1675 in Seville). Pinelo was educated in the College of...
Adriaan Valckenier

Adriaan Valckenier

male, deceased (1751)
"Adriaan Valckenier"; born 6 June 1695; died 20 June 1751; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 3 May 1737 until 6 November 1741....

Antonio Fernandez Carvajal

male, deceased (1659)
Antonio Fernandez Carvajal, in, was a Portuguese Jewish merchant, and the first naturalized English Jew. He was born about 1590, probably at...
Diederik Durven

Diederik Durven

male, deceased (1740)
Diederik Durven (born Delft, 1676, died 26 February 1740) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1 June 1729 until 28 May 1732 Durven...

Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle

male, deceased (1894)
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle was a French poet of the Parnassian movement.
J. J. Benjamin

J. J. Benjamin

male
J. J. Benjamin was a Romanian-Jewish historian. He travelled extensively in the Middle East, making copious notes of his observations of the...

José Francisco De Paula Señan

male, deceased (1823)
Father José Francisco de Paula Señan was a Spanish missionary to the Americas. He was born in Barcelona, Spain and entered the Franciscan Order in...

Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau

male
Charles Joseph Patissier, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau was the French Governor General between (1783-1785), born in 1718, died in 1785 for...