Pedro Apiano

Petrus Apianus, o Pedro Apiano (1495–1552), citado por Ximénez en los escolios del Popol Wuj como el "cosmógrafo de el emperador Carlos quinto," era un cartógrafo y matemático alemán. Apianus dedicó su obra maestra, Astronomicum Caesareum, al emperador. Ximénez hace referencia a su Liber cosmographicus, mejor conocido como Cosmographia de Petrus Apianus, que se publicó en 1524 y pasó por muchas ediciones en los siglos siguientes.

Petrus Apianus, or Peter Apiano (1495-1552), cited by Ximénez in the escolios to the Popol Wuj as the “cosmographer of the Emperor Charles V,” was a German cartographer and mathematician. Apianus dedicated his master work, Astronomicum cosmographicus, to the emperor. Ximénez references his Liber cosmographicus, better known as Cosmographia de Petrus Apianus, which was published in 1524 and went through many editions in the following centuries.