Johan van den Corput 1542-1611

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.