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May 7, 2023
Ancient Maps
We hope you have been enjoying our blog entries describing the lives of a few of the best known cartographers of the ...
Jan 28, 2023
Map Maker Biography: Martin Waldseemüller (c. 1470 – 1520)
Universalis Cosmographia 1507
Martin Waldseemüller was a brilliant German humanist, academic, cartographer and co...
Dec 24, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Vincenzo Coronelli (1650–1718)
Franciscan friar Vincenzo Coronelli - cartographer, geographer, printer, inventor, author of books and treatises, wa...
Dec 9, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Pieter van der Aa (Netherlands, 1659–1733)
T Amerikaans Gewest van Florida Door Ferdinand de Soto
Pieter van der Aa was a highly respected and renowned publ...
Nov 19, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Johannes Janssonius (1588 – 1664)
Renowned 17th century cartographer, publisher, engraver and entrepreneur Johannes Janssonius (Jan Jansson in English...
Nov 17, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743)
Henri Abraham Chatelain, a cartographer, talented artist, prolific producer and publisher of maps and encyclopedic a...
Apr 6, 2022
Regnier Gemma Frisius (1508 – 1555)
Regnier Gemma Frisius – mathematician, physician, geographer, astronomer, maker of maps, globes and scientific in...
Mar 24, 2022
Map Maker Biography: John Speed (1552 - 1629)
First career
Historian, geographer, cartographer John Speed is one of the first English born cartographers of n...
Feb 27, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Nicolas Sanson (1600 – 1667)
Cartographer/geographer Nicolas Sanson is considered by many to be the founder of the French school of cartography,...
Feb 23, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 – 1638)
Cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu was the founder of what would become one of western Europe’s greatest cartographi...
Feb 18, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Jodocus Hondius the Elder (1563 - 1612)
Jodocus Hondius the Elder is often referred to as the most worthy successor of Gerard Mercator, not only for his own...
Feb 16, 2022
Map Maker Biography: Jan Huygen Van Linschoten (1563 – 1611)
Jan Huygen Van Linschoten was a brilliant Dutchman whose contributions to science and broader European maritime exp...