Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser
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Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540-1596) was a Dutch navigator. He and his compatriot Frederick de Houtman mapped the southern sky. Together, they are credited with the creation of twelve new constellations of the southern sky that have become accepted as modern constellations.
See also
| The 12 Constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597 and introduced by Johann Bayer in the 1603 text Uranometria |
| Apus | Chamaeleon | Dorado | Grus | Hydrus | Indus | Musca | Pavo | Phoenix | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Volans |
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