Andrea Palladio vs Gerardus Mercator
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Compare the life timelines of Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) and Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 68 years, from 1512 to 1580.
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Andrea Palladio (1508–1580)
- — Born in Padua, Republic of Venice Verified
- — Apprenticed to a stonecutter in Padua Verified
- — Moved to Vicenza and joined the masons' guild Verified
- — Married Allegradonna Verified
- — Taken up by humanist Gian Giorgio Trissino Verified
- — Won the commission to rebuild the Basilica Palladiana Verified
- — Began Villa La Rotonda Verified
- — Began the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice Verified
- — Published The Four Books of Architecture Verified
- — Died while the Teatro Olimpico was under construction Verified
Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594)
- — Born in Rupelmonde, County of Flanders Verified
- — Enrolled at the University of Leuven Verified
- — Married Barbara Schellekens in Leuven Verified
- — Constructed a celebrated terrestrial globe Verified
- — Imprisoned for several months on suspicion of heresy Verified
- — Moved to Duisburg in the Duchy of Cleves Verified
- — Appointed court cosmographer to Duke Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Verified
- — Published the 1569 world map introducing the Mercator projection Verified
- — Published the first parts of his Atlas Verified
- — Died in Duisburg Verified