Flourished  (Spain), 1143
Hermann translated part of Ptolemy's The Planisphere from Arabic to Latin, and thus reintroduced the West to planispheric projection (e. g., the astrolabe).
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(2007). Hermann the Dalmatian. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_606
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