Johannes Corputius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johannes Corputius

Dutch engineer, cartographer and military leader

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1542

Place of Birth: Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1611

Profession: engineer, combat engineer, cartographer

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Johan van den Corput (also van (den) Kornput, also Cornput or Johannes de Corput, in German literature Johannes Corputius (April 1542 – September 17, 1611) was a Dutch engineer, cartographer and military leader. Corputius was born in Breda.
He is the author of the well colored Corputius Plan, which shows the city of Duisburg from the air, completed in 1566.
He died, aged 69, in Groningen.