Paul Gallez
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Paul Gallez was an Argentinian cartographer and historian, born in Brussels
, and based on the city of Bahía Blanca
, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
.
He made an extensive research on maps to show that America
was known long before the Age of Discovery
, inspired by previous works by Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso
and Enrique de Gandía
.
He was the first to identify all the principal fluvial system of South America
in the Henricus Martellus Germanus
map of 1489, using a distortion grid.
He considers that fellow historians and himself constitutes the so called Argentine School of Protocartography.
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, and based on the city of Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
He made an extensive research on maps to show that America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
was known long before the Age of Discovery
Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration and the Great Navigations , was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century during which Europeans engaged in intensive exploration of the world, establishing direct contacts with...
, inspired by previous works by Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso
Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso
Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso was an Argentine researcher who explored the possibility of colonization of the Americas by several antique ethnic groups....
and Enrique de Gandía
Enrique de Gandía
Enrique de Gandía was an Argentine historian, author of over a hundred books.He taught, as a professor of School of Fine Arts , the University of Morón and the University of Belgrano , being co-founder of the latter two. He also held the chair of Political Science at the Kennedy University...
.
He was the first to identify all the principal fluvial system of South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
in the Henricus Martellus Germanus
Henricus Martellus Germanus
Henricus Martellus Germanus is the latinized name of Heinrich Hammer, a German cartographer who lived and worked in Florence from 1480 to 1496....
map of 1489, using a distortion grid.
He considers that fellow historians and himself constitutes the so called Argentine School of Protocartography.
Publications
- 1990 La Cola del Dragón. América del Sur en los mapas antiguos, medievales y renacentistas. 185 pp., 53 ilus. in-8º. B. Blanca, Instituto Patagónico.
- 1991 Cristobal de Haro. Banqueros y pimenteros en busca del estrecho magállanico. 112 pp., 22 ilustr. in-8º. B. Blanca, Instituto Patagónico.
- 1999 Protocartografia y exploraciones. 132 pp., 32 mapas, 6 ilust. Bahía Blanca, Inst. Patag.
- Walsperger and His Knowledge of the Patagonian Giants, 1448. In: Imago Mundi. The international journal for the history of cartography. Thaylor & Francis, London 1981 (Jg. 33), S. 91-93
- Problems of regional planning in semi arid countries, The Annals of Regional Science Volume 4, Number 2, 36-42, DOI: 10.1007/BF01294887
- Les travaux de l'Ecole Argentine de Protocartographie Archives internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, Vol. XXVIII, Nº102, pp. 119-120, 1978, Wiesbaden, Germany
See also
- Dick Edgar Ibarra GrassoDick Edgar Ibarra GrassoDick Edgar Ibarra Grasso was an Argentine researcher who explored the possibility of colonization of the Americas by several antique ethnic groups....
- Enrique de GandíaEnrique de GandíaEnrique de Gandía was an Argentine historian, author of over a hundred books.He taught, as a professor of School of Fine Arts , the University of Morón and the University of Belgrano , being co-founder of the latter two. He also held the chair of Political Science at the Kennedy University...
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contactPre-Columbian trans-oceanic contactTheories of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact are those theories that propose interaction between indigenous peoples of the Americas who settled the Americas before 10,000 BC, and peoples of other continents , which occurred before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean in 1492.Many...