0 ▁Maps ▁that ▁Ch anged ▁the ▁World , ▁p . ▁ 8 3 G off art , ▁Walter ▁( 2 0 0 3 ). ▁Historical ▁Atl ases : ▁The ▁First ▁Three ▁H undred ▁Years , ▁ 1 5 7 0 – 1 8 7 0 , ▁p . ▁ 1 ▁ ▁United ▁Netherlands ▁( D utch ▁Republic ▁& ▁Dutch ▁Empire ) ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Age ▁of ▁Disc overy ▁( the ▁Dutch ▁Golden ▁Age ▁in ▁particular , ▁approximately ▁ 1 5 8 0 s – 1 7 0 2 ), ▁using ▁their ▁expert ise ▁in ▁doing ▁business , ▁cart ography , ▁ship building , ▁se af aring ▁and ▁navigation , ▁the ▁Dutch ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁the ▁far ▁corners ▁of ▁the ▁world , ▁leaving ▁their ▁language ▁embedded ▁in ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁many ▁places . ▁Dutch ▁expl or atory ▁voy ages ▁revealed ▁largely ▁unknown ▁land mass es ▁to ▁the ▁civil ized ▁world ▁and ▁put ▁their ▁names ▁on ▁the ▁world ▁map . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁and ▁ 1 7 th ▁centuries , ▁Dutch - spe aking ▁cart ograph ers ▁helped ▁lay ▁the ▁found ations ▁for ▁the ▁birth ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁modern ▁cart ography , ▁including ▁na ut ical ▁cart ography ▁and ▁stell ar ▁cart ography ▁( cel est ial ▁cart ography ). ▁The ▁Dutch - spe aking ▁people ▁came ▁to ▁domin ate ▁the ▁map ▁making ▁and ▁map ▁printing ▁industry ▁by ▁virtue ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁travel s , ▁trade ▁vent ures , ▁and ▁w ides p read ▁commercial ▁networks . ▁The ▁Dutch ▁initi ated