In 1624 Bartsch published several star charts, titled Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati, which included several new constellations introduced around 1613 by Petrus Plancius on a celestial globe published by Pieter van den Keere.
Before that, it was called Apes (plural of Apis, Latin for bee) by Petrus Plancius when he created it in 1612.
It was introduced by Petrus Plancius in the small celestial planispheres on his large wall map of 1592.
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It was superseded by the twelve constellations which Petrus Plancius formed in late 1597 or early 1598 from the southern star observations of Pieter Dircksz Keyser and Frederik de Houtman.
Petrus Camper | Petrus Plancius | Petrus | Petrus Ramus | Petrus Christus | Lars Petrus | Jacques Fred Petrus | Petrus Van der Velden | Petrus Hofstede de Groot | Petrus de Natalibus | Petrus Codde | Petrus Canisius van Lierde | Petrus Astronomus | Petrus Alphonsi | Petrus Alfonsi's Tetragrammaton | Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe |
In his journal, Houtman identified these coasts with Marco Polo's land of Beach, or Locach, as shown on maps of the time such as that of Petrus Plancius and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.
Martin Conway argued in 1901 that Carolus’ chart indicated that he had discovered Edge Island; but, as Wielder points out, Conway was ignorant of a map (engraved in 1612) by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius, which illustrated a coastline to the east of Spitsbergen.
Brahe's expanded list had circulated in manuscript since 1598 and was available in graphic form on the celestial globes of Petrus Plancius, Hondius, and Willem Blaeu.