Johannes Stabius (
Johann Stab) (1450 – 1522) was an
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
n cartographer of
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who developed, around 1500, the heart-shape (cordiform) projection map later developed further by
Johannes WernerJohann Werner was a German parish priest in Nuremberg and a mathematician...
. It is called the
Werner map projection, but also the
Stabius-Werner or the
Stab-Werner projection.
After its introduction by Werner in his 1514 book,
Nova translatio primi libri geographiaae C.
Johannes Stabius (
Johann Stab) (1450 – 1522) was an
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
n cartographer of
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
who developed, around 1500, the heart-shape (cordiform) projection map later developed further by
Johannes WernerJohann Werner was a German parish priest in Nuremberg and a mathematician...
. It is called the
Werner map projection, but also the
Stabius-Werner or the
Stab-Werner projection.
After its introduction by Werner in his 1514 book,
Nova translatio primi libri geographiaae C. Ptolemaei, the
Werner projection was commonly used for world
mapA map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
s and some continental maps through the 16th century and into the 17th century. It was used by
Mercatorthumb|right|200px|Gerardus MercatorGerardus Mercator was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in the County of Flanders. He is remembered for the Mercator projection world map, which is named after him...
,
Oronce FineOronce Finé was a French mathematician and cartographer.-Life:...
, and Ortelius in the late 16th century for maps of
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
and
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
. By the 18th century, it was replaced by the
Bonne projectionA Bonne projection is a pseudoconical equal-area map projection, sometimes called a dépôt de la guerre or a Sylvanus projection. Although named after Rigobert Bonne , the projection was in use prior to his birth, in 1511 by Sylvano, Honter in 1561, De l'Isle before 1700 and Coronelli in 1696.The...
for continental maps. The
Werner projection is only used today for instructional purposes and as a novelty.
In 1512, Stabius published a work called the
Horoscopion. He also devised a card dial.
http://www.dse.nl/~zonnewijzer/regiom.htm
Stabius was a member of a circle of
humanistsHumanism is a perspective common to a wide range of ethical stances that attaches importance to human dignity, concerns, and capabilities, particularly rationality. Although the word has many senses, its meaning comes into focus when contrasted to the supernatural or to appeals to authority...
based in Vienna. This circle included the scholars
Georg TannstetterGeorg Tannstetter , also called Georgius Collimitius, was a humanist teaching at the University of Vienna. He was a medical doctor, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and the personal physician of the emperors Maximilian I and Ferdinand I. He also wrote under the pseudonym of "Lycoripensis"...
, Stiborius,
Thomas ReschThomas Resch was an Austrian Renaissance humanist. He went by the Latin name of Thomas Velocianus. He was a member of a circle of humanists based in Vienna. This circle included the scholars Georg Tannstetter, Johannes Stabius, Stiborius, Stefan Rosinus, Johannes Cuspinianus, and the reformer...
, Stefan Rosinus,
Johannes CuspinianusJohannes Cuspinianus was an Austrian humanist, scientist, diplomat, and historian. Born in Spießheim, near Schweinfurt in Franconia, of which Cuspinianus is a Latinization, he studied in Leipzig and Würzburg. He went to Vienna in 1492 and became a professor of medicine at the University of Vienna...
, and the reformer Joachim Vadianus. These humanists were associated with the court of
Maximilian I, Holy Roman EmperorMaximilian I of Habsburg was King of the Romans from 1493 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his father's reign, from circa 1483...
.
http://www.univie.ac.at/archiv/tour/7.htm
External links
Cordiform Map Projection Regiomontanus and Capuchin Sundial