Pieter van der Aa

Dutch cartographer (1659-1733)
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Pieter van der Aa

Summary

Pieter van der Aa is a human[1]. He was born in Leiden[2]. He was born on January 1, 1659[3]. He died in Leiden[4]. He died on August 1, 1733[5]. He worked as a printer[6], publisher[7], bookseller[8], cartographer[9], and visual artist[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Pieter van der Aa's place of birth was Leiden[2].
  • Pieter van der Aa died in Leiden[4].
  • Pieter van der Aa was born on January 1, 1659[3].
  • Pieter van der Aa died on August 1, 1733[5].
  • Pieter van der Aa held citizenship in Dutch Republic[12].
  • Dutch was Pieter van der Aa's native language[13].
  • Pieter van der Aa's professions included printer[6].
  • Pieter van der Aa worked as a publisher[7].
  • Pieter van der Aa's professions included bookseller[8].
  • Pieter van der Aa's professions included cartographer[9].
  • Pieter van der Aa worked as a visual artist[10].
  • Pieter van der Aa worked as a printmaker[14].
  • Pieter van der Aa's field of work was printmaking[15].
  • Pieter van der Aa's field of work was cartography[16].
  • Pieter van der Aa's field of work was publishing house[17].
  • Pieter van der Aa's field of work was bookselling[18].
  • Pieter van der Aa's religion is recorded as Lutheranism[19].
  • Pieter van der Aa is recorded as male[20].
  • Pieter van der Aa's instance of is recorded as human[21].
  • Pieter van der Aa's Commons category is recorded as Pieter van der Aa[22].
  • Pieter van der Aa's family name is recorded as van der Aa[23].
  • Pieter van der Aa's given name is recorded as Pieter[24].
  • Pieter van der Aa's given name is recorded as Petrus[25].
  • Pieter van der Aa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pieter van der Aa[26].
  • Pieter van der Aa's Commons gallery is recorded as Pieter van der Aa[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: NL[29]

  • Began / founded: 1659[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1733-08[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0cd9d60c-a1ba-45cc-b2a9-ac4bdfd8896f[32]

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Origins and Family

Born in Leiden[2], Pieter van der Aa… he was born on January 1, 1659[3]. Dutch was his native language[13].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include printer[6], publisher[7], bookseller[8], cartographer[9], visual artist[10], and printmaker[14]. Fields of work include printmaking[15]; cartography[16], a branch of science[33]; publishing house[17], a type of organization[34]; and bookselling[18], an industry[35].

Personal Life

Pieter van der Aa's religion is recorded as Lutheranism[19].

Death and Burial

Pieter van der Aa died on August 1, 1733[5]. He died in Leiden[4].

Why It Matters

Pieter van der Aa ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] He is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

Where was Pieter van der Aa born?

Born in Leiden[2], Pieter van der Aa…

Where did Pieter van der Aa die?

Pieter van der Aa passed away in Leiden[4].

What did Pieter van der Aa do for work?

Pieter van der Aa worked as printer[6], publisher[7], bookseller[8], cartographer[9], and visual artist[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . RKDartists. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [21] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] . ECARTICO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [10] . museabrugge.be. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Q132230989. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ECARTICO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . collections.vam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [5] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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