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Willem Blaeu, a Common card
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, also known as Willem Jansz.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,400
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Willem Blaeu quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Willem Blaeu card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was one of the leading figures of the Dutch school of cartography in the ______ century.
Answer
seventeenth. He was one of the leading figures of the Dutch school of cartography in the seventeenth century. From the Willem Blaeu article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thomas Greiss. Thomas Greiss 66 · Konstantin Mereschkowski 61 · Willem Blaeu 57 · Bełchatów 54 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnszoːn ˈblʌu],, was a Dutch cartographer, globe maker, and publisher.
- He was one of the leading figures of the Dutch school of cartography in the seventeenth century.
- Trained in astronomy under Tycho Brahe between 1594 and 1596, Blaeu established a workshop in Amsterdam where he produced globes, nautical charts, and maps.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Willem Blaeu article was read about 8,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Willem Blaeu
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Willem Blaeu in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Thomas GreissCommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 41
- BełchatówCommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 53
- Charles NodierCommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 40
- Aleksandr SamokutyaevCommon · History · ATK 62 DEF 45
- Arvid CarlssonCommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 50
- Fletcher PrattCommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Willem Blaeu (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jeremias Falck, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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