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    Diego Gutiérrez was a Spanish cosmographer and cartographer of the Casa de la Contratación. He was given this post by royal appointment on 22 October...
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  • Diego Gutiérrez may refer to: Diego Gutiérrez y Toledo (1510–1544), Spanish governor in Costa Rica Diego Gutiérrez de Humanes (1607–1660s), Spanish governor...
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  • Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. Anaximander, Greek Anatolia (610 BC–546 BC), first to attempt making a map of...
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    ornate geographical map of the Americas, made in 1562 by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez and Flemish artist Hieronymus Cock. The map encompasses the eastern...
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    Diego Gutiérrez was named cosmographer in the Casa de la Contratación by royal appointment on October 22, 1554, after the death of his father Diego in...
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    (Venice: Ziletti, 1583). Cock collaborated with the Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez on a 1562 Map of America. This map encompasses the eastern coast...
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    33 cartographers mentioned whose work was recorded in the Theatrum (which at the time was not yet customary), but also the total of 87 cartographers of...
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  • California, beginning with the Mission San Diego de Alcala near the location of the modern day city of San Diego, California. During the same period, Spanish...
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    Medina. The mapmaker Diego Gutiérrez was appointed as cosmographer in the Casa on October 22, 1554, after the death of his father Diego in January 1554; he...
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    voyage in Estracto de Noticias del Puerto de Monterrey, as did Spanish cartographer Miguel Costansó in his Diario Histórico de los Viages de Mar, y Tierra...
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