Cartographers

Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) French cartographer who worked for the French Marine Office. He was famous for his coastal charts and atlases.

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1581-1638) One of the most famous Dutch cartographers in history. He founded a cartographic dynasty consisting of his sons and grandsons that lasted throughout the seventeenth century. Known for his artistry, Blaeu produced a series of beautiful atlases beginning in 1630.

Rigobert Bonne (circa 1729-1795) English cartographer who was appointed Royal Hydrographer. He was known for his marine charts, and in 1762, he published the Atlas Maritime. He also contributed to the works of others, such as Guillaume Raynal and Nicolas Desmaret.

Emanuel Bowen (died in 1767) English engraver and map seller. He made engravings for King George II of England and Louix XV of France. He was in partnership with Thomas Kitchin from the 1750s until his death. His work is notable for the descriptive notes that he placed on his maps. He used a variety of cartographic decorative techniques, including cartouches, coats of arms, and vignettes of the towns that he mapped. After his death, his son Thomas succeeded him as the head of the family business. Sadly, neither Bowen had the ability to manage their income from the business. Emanuel died in poverty, while Thomas had the even more disagreeable fate of dying in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.

Thomas Bowen (died in 1790) English map seller and son of Emanuel Bowen. After his father's death, he took over the family business. In 1767 he issued the Atlas Anglicannus and a world map in 1777 showing the discoveries of Captain Cook. He fell into financial difficulties and died in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.

Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1691-1782) One of the leading French cartographers in the eighteenth-century. He was the publisher of over 200 individual maps, as well as several atlases, including the Atlas General which corrected the errors of the maps of de L'Isle and Sanson. His work is known for its beauty as well as its scientific accuracy.

Carrington Bowles (1724-1793) English map publisher. He published Atlas of Road Maps and Bowles Post Chaise Companion.

Louis Brion de La Tour (died 1803) French Engineer who held the title of Ingenieur-Geographe du Roi. He published atlases and statistical studies. Some of his most important works are the Atlas General published in 1766 and Cartes des Places Fortes et des Principaux Ports des Isles Britanniques issued in 1756.

Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) One of the most prolific and successful engravers of sea charts in the sixteenth-century. He was born in Liege and established his business in Frankfurt. His most famous work was a series of travel guides with maps called Les Grands Voyages and Les Petits Voyages.

Phillippe Buache (1700-1773) French cartographer and son-in-law of Guillaume de L'Isle. After de L'Isle's death, he continued to publish his father-in-law's maps. In 1754 he published the Atlas Physique which illustrated his theories on the earth's structure.

Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) French cartographer. His most famous work was his contribution to the seven volume encyclopedia Atlas Historique published from 1705-1720 and from 1732-1739. He provided the maps, based on de L'Isle's previously published maps.

Jacques Chiquet French cartographer. His most famous work was a small atlas, called Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique published in 1719. He also published an atlas of France called Noveau Atlas Francais in 1719.

Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet (1730-circa 1790) French cartographer. His Geographie Moderne was first published in 1767 and reissued until the early 1790s. From 1776-1793 he also produced maps of the individual continents.

William Gerard de Brahm (1717-1799) Dutch military engineer and surveyor. He emigrated to Georgia in 1751 and became a colonial surveyor to King George III. In 1764 he was appointed Surveyor General of the Southern District on North America. His works were published by Thomas Jefferys, William Faden and Georges-Louis LeRouge.

Louis Charles Desnos French cartographer in the mid-eighteenth century. In partnership with Brion, he republished maps of Sanson and Jalliot.

Samuel Dunn English mapmaker. His maps perpetuate many of the errors of Sanson. His most notable publications include A Map of the British Empire in North America and A New Atlas of the Mundane System.

Pierre DuVal d'Abbeville (1619-1683) French cartographer and son-in-law of Nicolas Sanson. His most famous work, an atlas consisting of over 100 maps, was published posthumously (circa 1689) by his daughter.

William Faden (1750-1836) One of the leading English cartographers and map publishers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was in partnership with Thomas Jefferys, and together, they supplied maps to the King of England. Faden was appointed Geographer to King George III. His most famous maps are from the American Revolution, maps of the colonies and of major revolutionary battles.

Nicholas de Fer (1646-1720) French cartographer and publisher. Produced three major atlases specializing in Europe, particularly France. His work, while extraordinarily beautiful, was not known for its accuracy.

Abraham Goos Dutch engraver and publisher. Related to the Hondius family and in partnership with his own son, Pieter, he prepared and engraved map plates for the Hondius firm as well as for John Speed. He published a book of maps in 1616.

Pieter Goos (circa 1615-1675) Dutch engraver and publisher who worked with his father, Abraham. He achieved fame as an engraver of sea-charts, publishing a pilot guide called Zee-Spiegel which included charts for the coasts of West Africa and the West Indies.

(Father) Louis de Hennepin (1670-1701) Dutch missionary. Hennepin participated in La Salle's search for the course of the Mississippi River and published highly popular books which chronicled his adventures. He was the first to use the name Louisiane on a map.

Johann Baptiste Homann (1663-1724) Patriarch of an eighteenth-century German cartographic dynasty. Headquartered in Nuremberg, he and his family produced a succession of atlases beginning in 1702 and culminating in the Atlas Major published in 1780. He was named Geographer to the Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire in 1715 and was a member of the Prussian Royal Academy of Science.

Henricus (Hendrick) Hondius (1597-1651) Dutch cartographer and youngest son of Jodocus Hondius, the elder. He reissued Blaeu's World map in 1624. Along with his brother-in-law Jan Jansson, he published the last edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas in 1641.

Jodocus Hondius (also called Josse de Hondt) (1563-1612) Flemish cartographer and engraver from Ghent. Hondius settled in Amsterdam in 1593 and began a map publishing business. His sons ultimately succeeded him in this business. In 1604 he purchased the plates to the Mercator Atlas. He and then his sons published this atlas until 1641. The Hondius family did a great deal to promote the acceptance of the Mercator Projection.

Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712) The most influential French cartographer of his time. His cartographic dynasty succeeded that of Nicolas Sanson. Early in his career, after marrying the daughter of the famous map colorist Nicolas Berey, he collaborated with the heirs to the Sanson maps, eventually acquiring these maps. His maps are elaborately decorated and some were even illuminated with gold. His most important work was his Atlas Noveau, published in 1681.

Jan Jansson (ius) (1596-1664) Dutch cartographer and son-in-law of Jodocus Hondius. A globe maker, he published an edition of Ptolemy's works in 1617, and he and his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius, published the Novus Atlas in 1637. At Henricus Hondius' death in 1657, he inherited the Hondius publishing firm.

Jean Javier French cartographer in themid eighteenth-century. He published his own material, but also worked in collaboration with others such as Faden and Santini.

Thomas Jefferys (Gefferys) (circa 1710 -1771) One of the most important British map publishers in the eighteenth-century. In 1748 he was appointed Geographer to Frederick, Prince of Wales and later to King George III. An extremely prolific map publisher, particularly for maps concerning North America and the West Indies, his most notable works, American Atlas and North American Pilot, were published posthumously in 1776 and 1775 respectively.

Cornelis de Jode (1568-1600) Cartographer, engraver and map publisher in Antwerp. Both his father, Gerard de Jode, and he were contemporaries and rivals of Abraham Ortelius, but they were no match for Ortelius. Cornelis de Jode published a few maps and a reissue of his father's atlas entitled Speculum Orbis Terrae.

Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) One of the most prolific English engravers and map publishers of his time. He published a wide range of books, many of which were unrelated to the subject of geography. He also produced maps for magazines, such as The London Magazine and books relating to history. He collaborated with Emanuel and Thomas Bowen, and Thomas Jefferys. On his own, he published the General Atlas in 1773.

Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) The leading French "scientific cartographer" of the eighteenth-century. At an early age, he was the pupil of Cassini, one of the men responsible for the scientific surveying of France. Therefore, the science of surveying had a profound influence on de L'Isle's work. Scientific accuracy, such as correcting longitude measurements, and cartographic precision, such as accurately locating places on the maps, were the hallmarks of his maps. De L'Isle's family was involved with the sciences, and they caught the attention of the ruling class of the time. De L'Isle was appointed Premier Geographe du Roi to King Louis XV in 1718, and two of his brothers were scientific advisors to Peter the Great of Russia. De L'Isle produced over 100 maps, publishing his Atlas Noveau in 1700. He was succeeded by his son-in-law Philippe Buache who continued to publish de L'Isle's maps after his death.

Jaques Le Moyne de Morgues (died in 1587) French artist from Dieppe who accompanied Rene de Laudonniere in 1564 to the mouth of the Saint John's River in Florida. Although it was filled with inaccuracies, the map he produced from this expedition was the first detailed map of Florida. Theodor de Bry published Le Moyne's map in 1591.

John Lodge English engraver in London during the-mid eighteenth century. He produced an Atlas of Great Britain in 1795 and some of his maps were published in Adair's American Indians in 1775 and in the Political Magazine in the 1700s.

Tobias Conrad Lotter German engraver and publisher and son-in-law of Matthaus Seutter. He began engraving for Seutter, ultimately inherited the family business. Copying many of his maps from De L'Isle, he produced several atlases including the Atlas Minor, the Atlas Novus and the Atlas Geographicus.

[Alain Manesson] Mallet (1630-1706) French engineer who served Louis XIV. His Description de L'Univers was published from 1683-1688.

Georges-Louis le Rouge (1741-1779) Eighteenth-century French hydrographer and cartographer appointed Ingenieur Geographe du Roi to King Louis XV. He was a military engineer who specialized in atlases of plans and fortifications. In 1778 he published a collection of North American maps in an atlas entitled Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional and also a series of hydrographic charts entitled Neptune Americo-Septentrional. The latter work was used as the official guide of the French Navy.

Gerardus Mercator (Gerard Kremer) (1512-1594) Sixteenth-century Dutch cartographer, geographer and mathematician considered by many to be the most famous geographer after Ptolemy. He founded a cartographic dynasty that was continued by his sons and grandsons. Other cartographers, such as Hondius and Jansson, continued using his maps in their works long after his progeny were dead. He is most famous for his eponymous map projection promulgated in 1569 on his world map. The Mercator Projection revolutionized navigation in that compass bearing could be plotted on sea charts in straight lines. This innovation helped seamen maintain their directions in an age that predated accurate methods for determining longitude at sea. Mercator is also famous among cartographers for being the first person to coin the term "atlas" to describe a collection of maps bound together in one entity. His best known work was his Atlas which was published in three parts, the final part published in 1595 after his death.

Michael Mercator (circa 1567-1600) Dutch engraver and grandson of Gerardus Mercator. He was the engraver of the famous Silver Medal of 1589 given to Sir Francis Drake. The only map that he was known to produce was one of America that was included in the 1595 volume of his grandfather's Atlas.

Rumold Mercator (circa 1545-1599) Dutch cartographer and son of Gerardus Mercator. After his father's death in 1564, he continued his father's work, publishing the final volume of the Mercator Atlas in 1595. As a cartographer, his most famous work is a double hemisphere map of the world drawn in 1587 that was included in his father's Atlas.

John Mitchell (1690-1768) An American, physician, botanist, and surveyor, born in Virginia who emigrated to England in 1746. Once in England he compiled a map of the British colonies that became arguably the most influential map in early American history. The map entitled Map of the British and French Dominions in North America was used in the peace negotiations after the American Revolution, settling the boundaries of the United States.

Herman Moll (circa 1678-1732) Dutch cartographer, engraver and bookseller who lived in London after 1680. He was a prolific map publisher, and his work was often copied. Some of his maps were used in boundary disputes between Britain and France after Queen Anne's War (1702-1713). He is also known for perpetuating the myth on his maps that California was an island.

Jedediah Morse (1761-1826) American Congregational Minister who published books on Geography in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Called the "Father of American Geography," he enjoyed a reputation as an educator. His book Geography Made Easy, first published in 1784, went through 25 editions.

Maps By This Author On Our Site:

Europe
- Europe, 1822

Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux
- Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1822

Europe—France & BeNeLux—France
- France, 1822

Europe—Northern Europe
- Denmark, Sweden, + Norway, 1822

North America
- A General Map of North America from the best Authorities, 1790
- A New Map of North America Showing All the New Discoveries, 1797
- A General Map of North America From the Best Authorities, 1803
- North America, 1821

Sebastian Münster (1489-1552) German cartographer and author of the famous Cosmographia which was published for nearly a century. He was the first cartographer to adopt the convention of making separate maps for each of the continents, including the recently discovered Americas.

Jean Baptiste Nolin (1657-1708) French engraver and publisher and his son of the same name (1686-1762). The elder Nolin falsely claimed to be Engraver to King Louis XIV and Geographer to the Duke of Orleans. He was convicted on the fradulant use of these titles, but suffered no loss in business from this conviction. Working in Paris, the two Nolins produced maps and atlases.

John Ogilby (1600-1676) Scottish Geographer and historian who worked in London. Appointed Royal Cosmographer in 1671, he had a far-ranging career which inclued a position as Deputy Master of the Revels in Ireland and a translator of Greek and Latin works. He produced the first book of road maps, the Britannia, and also made the first measured road survey in England.

Abraham Ortelius (Ortel) (1527-1598) Next to Ptolemey and Mercator, one of the most famous cartographers in history. A contemporary and friend of Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius was actually the first of the two to produce the first modern atlas called the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum published in 1570. This work contained maps that were uniformly sized, bound together and reflected the contemporary knowledge of the time. The atlas contained works by Ortelius as well as by some of his contemporaries. It was very popular and remained in publication in a variety of languages until 1612.

Jean Palairet (1697-1774) English cartographer who was born in France. In 1755 his Atlas Methodique was published.

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Joseph Purcell American cartographer. Purcell was originally a British cartographer, but became an American after the Revolution. He is famous for his map of the southern states of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia first published in 1788. His maps were published in Jedidiah Morse's The American Geography.

	Maps By This Author On Our Site:
	The United States and Canada—Individual Regions—Southeast - A Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, 1792

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Matthias (Matthew) Quad (1557-1613) German cartographer who used both wood and copper plates to make his maps. Two of his notable works include Europae Totius Orbis Terarrum published in 1592 and Geographisch Handtbuch published in 1600.

	Maps By This Author On Our Site:
	Europe—France & BeNeLux—France - Artesia, 1592 - Description de la Haulte et Superieure Lorraine, 1592 U.S. & North America - Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, 1600 World - Typus Orbis Terrarum, Ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris, 1596

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Giovannia Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni (1736-1814) Famous astronomer, surveyor and mathematician. He was the first to use triangulation in mapping Poland. In 1757 he assisted in the surveying of the English-French border. His titles included Geographer to the Venetian Republic and Hydrographer to the Depot de Marine in Paris. His atlases featured elaborate decorations and embellishments.

Maps By This Author On Our Site:

Europe—Eastern Europe—Austria & Hungary
- Le Royaume de Hongrie Divisé en Hauté et Basse Hongrie Transilvanie Esclavonie et Croatie, 1762

Middle America—The Caribbean
- Carte Geo-hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique, 1762

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- L'Italie Divisée en ses Différens États Dressée (Northern Half), 1771
- L'Italie Divisée en ses Différens États Dressée (Northern Half), 1771

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John Rocque (1746-1762) A Huguenot, who lived in England. He produced large scale maps of London, Bristol, Shropshire, Middlesex, and other British cities. His most rare and famous work was published posthumously by his widow and was entitled A Set of Plans and Forts in America.

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	U.S. & North America - A General Map of North America, 1762

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Nicolas Sanson (Sanson d'Abbeville) (1600-1667) French cartographer who established the first great cartographic dynasty in France and is often called the founder of the French School of Geography. He was tutor to Louis XIV. He published over 300 maps, issuing his first atlas in 1654. His most important atlas was called Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde issued in 1658. He also produced a series of four volumes where each volume was devoted to maps of an individual continent.

Maps By This Author On Our Site:

Arctic
- Les Deux Poles, Arcticque ou Septentrional, et Antarcticque ou Meridional, 1657

Asia
- Asia Vetus, 1667

Asia—Middle East and Southwest Asia
- Mer Noire ou Mer Maievre, 1683

Europe—British Isles—England
- Anciens Royaumes de Merccie, et Etat-Angles...Chester, Darby, Nottingham...Buckingham, Oxford et Glocester...East Anglia, 1654
- Ancien Royame de Northumberland...Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland, Lancaster, et Yorck, 1658
- Le Royaume d'Angleterre, 1696

Europe—British Isles—Scotland
- L'Escosse deçà le Tay, 1665
- L'Escosse delà le Tay, 1665
- L'Escosse Rapume en ses deux Principales Parties, 1665

Europe—British Isles—Wales
- Principauté de Galles, 1658

Europe—Northern Europe—Denmark
- Nort-Jutlande...Royaume de Danemarck, 1659

Europe—Northern Europe—Norway & Sweden
- Sud-Gotlande...Schonen our Scanie, Hailande, et Bleckinge, 1659
- Cajanie, ou Bothnie Orientale, 1666
- Ostro-Gothlande...Smalande, et Oelande Isle, 1666
- Sueonie ou Suede...Uplande, Sudermannie, Westmannie Noricic, Dalercarlie, Gestricic, 1666
- Westro-Goth-Lande...Dalie, et Vermelande, 1666
- Partie Occidentale [and] Partie Orientale de la Lapponie Suedoise, 1666
- Estates de la Couronne de Suede, 1669
- Savolax et Kexholm, 1669

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- Le Golfe de Venise, 1696

Middle America—The Caribbean—Lesser Antilles
- Carte de Lisle de Sainct Christophle (St. Kitts), 1664

Middle America—Mexico
- Mexicque ou Nouvelle Espagne, 1656

South America
- Amerique Meridionale, 1669

U.S. & North America
- Le Nouveau Mexique et la Floride, 1650
- Amerique Septentrionale, 1690

The United States and Canada—Individual States—South Carolina
- Carte General de la Caroline, 1683
- Carte Particuliere de la Caroline, 1690

The United States and Canada—Individual Regions—Southeast
- La Floride, 1657
- Florida, 1658
- La Floride par N. Sanson, geog. Ordre du Roy, 1667

World
- Orbis Vetus, et Orbis Veteris Utraque Continens, 1684

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P. Santini Italian map publisher who worked in Venice. He collaborated with French cartographers on some of his works. Notable works include Atlas Universel published between 1776-84 and Atlas Portatif d'Italie published in 1783.

	Maps By This Author On Our Site:
	U.S. & North America - Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes au Nord de la Mer du Sud, 1776 World - Nouvelle Mappe Monde dediee au progres de nos Connoissances, 1760

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Pieter Schenk (1660-circa 1718) A native German who established his publishing business in Amsterdam. His son and grandson continued the business after his death. They published books, maps and topographical drawings. Most of the maps included in their atlases were re-worked plates of others, among them the Visschers, the Sansons and the Janssons.

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	Western Hemisphere - Americae, 1709

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John Seller (1665-1705) The first English publisher of sea-charts. He was hydrographer to Charles II and James II. His most famous work is The English Pilot. Beginning publication in 1671, it continued until 1803.

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	Middle America—The Caribbean - A Chart of the West Indies, 1690 Asia—Middle East and Southwest Asia - Turky in Asia, 1690

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John Senex (died 1740) English mapmaker, globemaker and cartographer. Appointed Geographer to Queen Anne, he was elected to the Royal Society in 1728. He was a contemporary of Herman Moll, but his maps are not as ornate as Moll's.

Maps By This Author On Our Site:

Africa
- A New Map of Africa, 1721

Asia
- A new map of India and China: from the latest observations, 1721
- A map of Turkey, Arabia and Persia: corrected from the latest travels…, 1721
- A New Map of Asia: from the latest observations, 1721

Europe—Central Europe—Austria & Hungary
- A Map of Hungary and Countries Adjacent, 1721

Europe—Central Europe—Switzerland
- Switzerland and the county of the Grisons: wherein is described the XIII Switz Cantons with their Allies, 1721

Europe—Eastern Europe—Russia
- Moscovey in Europe, 1721

Europe—Germany, Prussia & Poland—Germany
- The Empire of Germany: divided into its general and particular parts, 1721

Europe—Germany, Prussia & Poland—Poland
- Poland and other Countries belonging to that Crowne, 1721

Europe—British Isles—England
- Scandinavia and its Confines in which are the Kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, etc., 1721

Europe—Northern Europe
- A New Map of England from the Latest Observations, 1735

Europe—Northern Europe—Denmark
- A New Map of the Kingdom of Denmark with the Dutchy of Holstein, etc., 1721

Europe—Southern Europe—Greece
- A Map of Greece with part of Antolia, 1721

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- Italy distinguished according to the extent of all the states, 1721
- A New Map of Sicily, 1721

Europe—Southern Europe—Spain & Portugal
- Spain and Portugall distinguish't into their Kingdoms and Principalities, 1721

Middle America—Central America
- A New Map of the Isthmus of Darien in America, 1719

U.S. & North America
- North America, 1710
- A New Map of the English Empire in America, 1719
- A Map of Louisiana and of the Mississippi River, 1721
- A Chart of the Great Western Ocean with the Coast of Europe, Africa and America, 1728
The United States and Canada—Individual Regions—Southeast
- A New Map of Virginia, Maryland and the Improved Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1721
Western Hemisphere
- A new map of America from the last observations, 1721

World
- A New Map of the World From the Latest Observations, 1721

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Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1757) German cartographer and engraver, a contemporary and rival of the Homanns. He was apprenticed to Homann and established his own business in 1707 in Augsburg. He produced several atlases including the Tabulae Geographicae, the Atlas Novus, and the Atlas Minor. His maps are very similar in style to those of the Homanns.

Maps By This Author On Our Site:

Africa
- Africa iuxta navigationes et ob servationes..., 1745

Asia
- Asia cum omnibus Imperiis Provinciis, 1745
- Opulentis simum sinarum Imperium juxt recentissiman delineationem in suas Provincias Disterminatum, 1740

Europe
- Europa Religionis Christianae..., 1745
- Europa Religionis Christianae, morum et Pacis ac Beth Artium Cultu Omnium Terrar Orbis,1750
- Europa Religionis Christianae, morum et Pacis ac Beth Artium Cultu Omnium Terrar Orbis, 1750

Europe—British Isles—Wales
- Accuratissima Angeliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, 1750

Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux
- Belgium Foederatum auctius et emendatius..., 1745
- Sive Belgii Pas Meridionalis, 1745

Europe—France & BeNeLux—France
- Le Royaume de France..., 1745
- XVII Provinciaeæ Belgii sive Circulo Burgundico, S.R.I..., 1745

Europe—Germany-Bavaria
- Circulus Bavarize in suas quasque ditones tam cum Finitimus, 1740

Europe—Northern Europe
- Synopsis Plagae Septemtrionalis sive sueciae Daniae et Norwegiae, 1745

Europe—Northern Europe—Denmark
- Daniae Regnum cum Ducatu Hosatia et Slesvici, 1745

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- Novissima et Accuratissima Delineatio Status Ecclesiae et Magni Ducatus Hetruriae, 1745
- Neopolis Regnum Quo Continentur Aprutium Ulterius et Citerius, Comitatus Molisius Terra Laboris, Copitaniata Principat, 1745
- Ducatus Mediolanensis cum Adjancentibus Principat Dominiis, 1745

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- Nova Totius Helvetize cum suis subditis ac sociis tab. geogr., 1778

Middle America
- Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam, 1741

U.S. & North America
- [A Map of America, perhaps removed from Atlas Novus by Mathew Sutter, 1734]

World
- Novus Orbis sive America Meridionalis et Septentrionalis..., 1745
- Diversi Globi Terr-aqvei Statione Variante et Visu Intercedente per Coluros Tropicorum, per Ambos polos et Particul, 1725

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Giles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) French cartographer and, as great-grandson of Nicolas Sanson, heir to the Sanson cartographic dynasty. His son, Didier was also in business with him. After 1712, he acquired the Alexis Hubert Jalliot map plates, making many revisions and additions to these plates. His most famous work was the Atlas Universal of 1757.

Maps By This Author On Our Site:

Asia—Continent
- Asie, 1750
- Carte des parties Nord et Eft de L'Asie, 1772
- L'Asie divisee en ses principaux Etats, 1754

Asia—Middle East and Southwest Asia
- Turquie d'Asie, Arabie, Perse, Tartarie Independante, 1778

Europe
- L'Europe, 1788
- L'Europe, 1750

Europe—Balkan Peninsula
- Hongrie, Turquie Europ., 1778

Europe—British Isles
- Les Isles Britanniques, 1778
- Isles Britanniques, 1750

Europe—British Isles—England
- L'Angleterre, 1778

Europe—British Isles—Ireland
- L'Irlande, 1778

Europe—British Isles—Scotland
- L'Escoss, 1778

Europe—Central Europe—Czechoslovakia
- Bohemi, e Silesie, Moravie, Lusace, 1778

Europe—Eastern Europe—Russia
- Partie Meridionale de la Russie Européennes, 1778
- Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Européennes, 1778
- Russie Europeene, 1750

Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux
- Pays-Bas Provinces - Unies, Westphalie, 1778
- Pays-Bas Catholiques, 1778
- Provinces Unies Des Pays-Bas, 1778

Europe—France & BeNeLux—France
- Partie Septentrionale Du Comtè De Bourgogne ou Franche-Comtè, 1749
- La France Divisee Par Gouvernement Generaux , 1750
- Partie Septentrionale Du Government Général De Bourgogne, 1752
- Partie Meridionale Du Government Général De Bourgogne, 1752
- Partie Orientale Du Government Général De La Guienne où se Trouvent Le Quercy et Le Rouergue, 1753
- Partie Meridionale Du Government De Guienne, 1753
- Governmens Généraux De Maine et Perche, De L'Anjou, De La Touraine, et Du Saumurois, 1753
- Languedoc, Dauphiné, Province, 1778
- Royaume de France, 1778

Europe—Germany, Prussia & Poland—Germany
- Allemagne divisée par Cercles, 1750

Europe—Germany, Prussia & Poland—Poland
- Pologne, 1778

Europe—Northern Europe—Norway & Sweden
- La Suede, 1778

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- L'Italie, 1778
- Royaume de Naples et de Sicile, 1778

Europe—Southern Europe—Spain & Portugal
- Royaumes D'Espagne et de Portugal, 1750
- Partie Septentrionale de la Couronne de Castille, 1757

Middle America
- Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvelle Mexique Isles Antilles, 1784

U.S. & North America
- An Accurate Map of North America, 1766
- An Accurate Map of North America, 1766
- Carte Generale des decouvertes de L'Amiral de Fonte, 1768
- Carte de la California, 1779
- Canada, Louisiane, Possesions Angl., 1784
- Etats-Unis De L'Amerique Septentrionale, 1785

South America
- Amérique Méridionale, 1750
- Amérique Méridionale, 1776

The United States and Canada—Individual States—Virginia
- Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland, 1755

Western Hemisphere
- Le Nouveau Continent ou L'Amerique, 1740
- Carte du Nouveau Continent, 1749
- L'Amerique, 1784

World
- Orbis Vetus in Utraque Continente Juxta Mentem Sansonianam distinctus, 1752
- Mappe Monde, 1786

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Nikolaus Visscher (1649-1702) Dutch cartographer and son of Nikolaus Visscher the elder, part of a cartographic dyansty that lasted over a century. Their map plates were used extensively by other cartographers, and their work was similar in appearance to the Blaeus.

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	Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux - Bruxellensis Tetrarchia, 1690 Europe—France & BeNeLux—France - Totius Alsatice Novissima, 1690 Middle America—The Caribbean - Insuloe Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes, 1633 - Insulae Americanae, 1689 Western Hemisphere - Totius Americae Descriptio, 1690 - Totius Americae Descriptio, 1698

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Claes Jansz Vooght. A surveyor and mathematics teacher. He is author of sea-charts in Johannes van Keulen's Zee-Fakkel published in 1682.

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	Middle America—The Caribbean - Pas Kaart van West Indien, 1695

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Edward Wells (1667-1727) English mathematician and Geography teacher. In 1700 he published A New Sett of Maps Both of Ancient and Present Geography. This was reprinted until the late 1730s. For the most part, his maps were accurate, but his map of California is one of the last to perpetuate the myth that California was an island.

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Asia
- A New Map of Ancient Asia, 1718
- A New Map of the East Indies, 1718
- A New Map of Present Asia, 1718

Africa
- A New Map of Libya or Old Africa, 1718
- A New Map of Africa, 1718

Europe—Central Europe
- A New Map of Present Poland, Hungary, Walachia, Moldavia, Little Tartary, 1718

Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux
- A New Map of the Netherlands or Low Countries, 1718

Europe—Germany, Prussia & Poland—Germany
- A New Map of Antient Germany, Rhaetia, Vindelicia and Noricum, 1718
- A New Map of Present Germany, 1718

Europe—Northern Europe
- A New Map of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Moscovy, 1718

Europe—Southern Europe—Greece
- A New Map of Antient Thrace: As also of the Northern Parts of Old Greece, 1718
- A New Map of Antient Greece, Thrace, Moesia, Illyricum and the isles adjoyning, 1718

Europe—Southern Europe—Italy
- A New Map of Antient Italy, together with the Adjoyning Islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, 1718

World
- A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe, 1700

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Frederick de Wit (1616-1698) Dutch cartographer and map publisher from Amsterdam. He established a cartographic dynasty that included his son and grandson. Their firm produced maps and atlases into the eighteenth-century. One of their most famous works was a sea atlas published in 1675.

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	Europe—Northern Europe—Norway & Sweden - Regni Sueciæ Tabula Generalis, divisa in Sueciæ, Gotice..., 1703 Western Hemisphere - Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descripto, 1670 - Totius Americae Descriptio, 1688

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Corneille Wytfliet (died in 1597) Produced a Supplement to Ptolemy's Geography in 1597. This was the first printed atlas of America.

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	The United States and Canada—Individual Regions—Southeast - Florida et Apalche, 1597

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Bolognino Zaltieri (Bolognini Zalterius) Italian publisher who lived in Venice. Notable works include Bohemia, Hibernia, and Carnolia.

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	U.S. & North America - Il disegno del discroperto della nova Franza, 1566

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Antonio Zatta (1757-1797) Italian map publisher. He produced a large number of atlases and maps of high scientific and artistic quality.

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Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux
- Le Provincie di Frisia, Groninga ed Over-Yssel con parte dell Ollanda Propria, 1778

Europe—France & BeNeLux—France
- Li Governi del Limosin, Quercy, e Perigord, 1779
- Li Governi di Guyenna e Guascogna con quello di Bearn e Bassa Navarra, 1779
- Li Governi del Berri, del Nivernois, della Marche, de Bourbonnois, e dell Auvergne, 1779
- Li Governi della Fiandra Francese, d'Artois, di Picardia, e del Boulonois, 1779
- Li Governi Di Sciampagna e Brie, 1779
- Li Governi Di Borgogna della Franca Contea e del Lyonois, 1779
- Li Governi Di Lorena, Barr, ed Alsazia, 1779
- Li Governi del Delfinato e di Provenza La Contea Venaissin ed il Princip. D'Orange, 1779
- Li Governi dell Isola Di Francia, ed Orleanois, 1779
- Li Governi D'Angio, del Saumurois, della Touraine, e Poitou, D'Aunise Saintonge, con quello D'Angoumois, 1779

Europe—British Isles—England
- Parte Settentrionale dell Inghilterra e del Principato di Galles, 1779
- Parte Meridionale dell Inghilterra, e del Principato di Galles, 1779

Europe—British Isles—England—Counties
- Provincia di Essex, 1779
- Provincia di Middlesex, 1779
- Provincia di Kent, 1779
- Provincia ai Surrey, 1779

Europe—Southern Europe
- Isole di Majorca D'Ivica e di Formentera, 1779

Europe—Southern Europe—Spain and Portugal
- Li Regni di Valenza, E Murcia, 1779
- L'Estremadura e la Castiglia Nuova, 1779
- Li Regni di Galizia, Asturies, Leon, Castiglia Vecchia con la Signoria Di Biscaglia, 1779
- Andalusia e Granada, 1779

The United States and Canada—Individual Regions—Southeast
- Luigiana Inglese: Colla Parte Occidentale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale, 1788
- Luigiana Inglese: Colla Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale, 1788

U.S. & North America
- Il Canada, 1778
- America, 1790

Western Hemisphere
- L'America, 1776

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	U.S. & North America - Bowles's New One Sheet Map of the United States of America: With the Territories Belonging to Great Britain and Spain, 1794

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	U.S. & North America - Noveau Mexique, Louisiane, Canada et Nouvelle Angleterre, 1776 - Carte du Theatre de la Guerre entre les Anglais et les Americains, 1778

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	Middle America—The Caribbean - Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles Antilles, 1780

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	Europe—France & BeNeLux—BeNeLux - Les XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas, 1719 Europe—Northern Europe—Norway & Sweden - Etates de la Couronne de Suede, 1719 U.S. & North America - L'Amerique Septentionale, 1719

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	U.S. & North America - Des Possesions Francoises aujourd'hui sous las domination Agloises, 1791 Western Hemisphere - Carte d'Amerique, 1781

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	Africa - L'Afrique, 1766 Asia - L'Asia, 1766 Europe - L'Europe, 1766 Western Hemisphere - Amerique, 1761 - L'Amerique, 1766

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	Western Hemisphere - America, 1626

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	Middle America—The Caribbean - Pascaerte van Westindian de Vafte Kuften, 1670

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	U.S. & North America - Carte du Nouveau Monde, 1696

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	Africa - Africa accurate in Imperia, Regna, Status & Populos divisa, ad usum serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis, 1694 - L'Afrique divisee suivant l'esterdue de ses principales parties, 1696 U.S. & North America - Amerique Septentrionale, 1692 - Amerique Septentrionale, 1695 - Amerique Septentrionale, 1696

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	U.S. & North America - Americae pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis, 1593

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	Europe—Central Europe—Austria & Hungary - Archiducatus Austriae Inferioris, 1770 Europe—Germany, Prussia & Poland—Germany - Ducatus Silesiae, 1770 U.S. and North America - Mappa Geographica Regionen Mexicanam et Floridam, 1760 - America Septentrionalis, 1765 - America Septentrionalis, 1772

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	Europe—Southern Europe—Italy - Comitatus Tirolis cum Confinys, 1636 Western Hemisphere - America Siue India Nova, 1595

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	World - Orbis Tarrae Compendiosa Descriptio, 1587

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	U.S. & North America - Amerique Septentrionale, 1777

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	Middle America—The Caribbean - Le Golfe de Mexique, 1700 Asia—Indonesia - Le Royaume de Siam avec les royaumes qui luy sont tributaires et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. et les Isles Voisine, 1707 World - Carte General de Toutes les Costes du Monde et les Pays Nouvellement Decouvert, 1703

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	U.S. & North America - L'Amerique Septentrionale, 1704 - L'Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principaux Etats, 1760 Western Hemisphere - Amerique, 1754

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	U.S. & North America - A Map of the British Empire in North America, 1733 - Carte Generale de L'Amerique Septentrionale, 1755