Netherlands / Holland: Map of the World 'Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula Amstelodami'. Gerard van Schagen, Amsterdam, 1682

Gerard Lucasz or Gerrit van Schagen or van Schaagen; Latin: Gerardus a Schagen (ca. 1642 - after 1690) was a cartographer from Amsterdam, well known for his maps.

He lived and worked in Amsterdam, in the Haarlemmerstraat near the New Haarlem sluice. He was last mentioned at the burial of his wife Gertruij Govers van Schendel/Schijndel in the Nieuwezijds Kapel on September 29, 1690.

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