Alonzo de Santa Cruz
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Alonzo de Santa Cruz
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Alonzo de Santa Cruz was a Spanish cartographer, mapmaker, instrument maker, historian and teacher. He was born about 1505, and died in November 1567. His maps were inventoried in 1572. Alonzo de Santa Cruz was a renowned cartographer on the Consejo de Indias and a cosmographer at the Casa de Contratación. There, he worked on the Padrón Real, a Spanish map documenting the discoveries in the New World. Alonzo de Santa Cruz, described cosmography as a way of making a painting of the earth, "becaus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_de_Santa_Cruz
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2006-10-15T19:34:52Z
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2024-09-14T19:22:13Z
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