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Philipp Apian (14 September 1531 – 14 November 1589) was a German mathematician and medic. The son of Petrus Apianus (1495–1552), he is also known as the cartographer of Bavaria .
24 de dic. de 2016 · As a 20-year-old, Philipp Apian was appointed professor of Mathematics as his father’s successor, only about 2 months after the latter’s death. Apian devoted himself to the teaching profession with a great deal of energy and great success.
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Philipp Apian war ein süddeutscher Mathematiker, Arzt, Kartograf und Heraldiker. Er war Universitätsprofessor in Ingolstadt und Tübingen und wurde auch durch die erste Landesvermessung Bayerns bekannt.
Philipp Apian was the son of the celebrated cartographer Peter Apian, who held the position of Geographer and Astronomer Royal at Ingolstadt, and he succeeded his father as Professor of Mathematics at Ingolstadt University in 1552.
Apian kept a notebook on distance measurements (Apianana VI) during his land surveying travels. Between 1554 and 1563 he created a monumental map ('Große Karte') of Bavaria on a scale of 1:45,000 by order of Duke Albrecht V (reigned 1550-1759).
Philipp Apian's Drawings, Watercolors, and Woodcuts. Between 1554 and 1561 Philipp Apian (1531-89) carried out a topographical survey of Bavaria at the behest of Duke Albrecht V. Made without the use of triangulation, Apian's map is considered the...
Between 1554 and 1561 Philipp Apian (1531-89) carried out a topographical survey of Bavaria at the behest of Duke Albrecht V. Made without the use of triangulation, Apian's map is considered the first mathematically measured map of a large region.
