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18th-century cartographers

96 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aaron ArrowsmithAuthor · Maps and atlasesAaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823) was an English cartographer, engraver, publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers.
Alberto FortisAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlberto Fortis (9 or 11 November 1741 – 21 October 1803) was a Venetian writer, naturalist and cartographer, citizen of Republic of Venice.
Ambroise TardieuAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmbroise Tardieu (2 March 1788, in Paris – 17 January 1841, in Paris) was a French cartographer and engraver, and is celebrated for his version of John Arrowsmith's 1806 map of the United…
Ami BouéAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmi Boué (16 March 1794 – 21 November 1881) was a geologist of French Huguenot origin. Ami Boué was born at Hamburg, he was trained in Edinburgh and across Europe.
Andrew EllicottAuthor · Maps and atlasesAndrew Ellicott (January 24, 1754 – August 28, 1820) was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District…
Anne Chrétien Louis de HellAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell
Antoine Philippe de MarignyAuthor · Maps and atlasesAntoine Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (17 July 1721 – 6 November 1779), Chevalier de St. Louis, was a French geographer and explorer.
Antoine-Henri JominiAuthor · Maps and atlasesBaron Antoine-Henri Jomini (6 March 177922 March 1869) was a Swiss-French military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated…
Antonio ZattaAuthor · Maps and atlasesAntonio Zatta (fl. 1750 – April 2, 1797) was an Italian cartographer and publisher who was based in Venice.
Benjamin DonnAuthor · Maps and atlasesBenjamin Donn or Donne (1729–1798) was an English mathematician.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Carl SchützAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Silhouette by Bernhard Albrecht Moll, 1783.
Caspar WesselAuthor · Maps and atlasesCaspar Wessel (8 June 1745 – 25 March 1818) was a Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer.
Catharina BuijsAuthor · Maps and atlasesCatharina Buijs (1714–1781), was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who became an important mapmaker for the powerful Dutch East India Company.
César-François Cassini de ThuryAuthor · Maps and atlasesCésar-François Cassini de Thury (17 June 1714 – 4 September 1784), also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer.
Christian MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesChristian Mayer (20 August 1719 Mederitz – 16 April 1783 in Mannheim) was a Moravian-German Catholic priest, astronomer and teacher.
Christopher Dufrost de La JemerayeAuthor · Maps and atlasesChristopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye (December 6, 1708May 10, 1736), also known as Christophe Dufrost de La Jemerais with various variations on the last name, was the lieutenant and nephew of…
Ciriaco CeballosAuthor · Maps and atlasesCiriaco Ceballos Neto or Ciriaco Cevallos y Bustillo (8 August 1764, Quijano – 9 February 1816, New Orleans) was a Spanish sailor, explorer and cartographer.
Colin MackenzieAuthor · Maps and atlases
Conrad Malte-BrunAuthor · Maps and atlasesConrad Malte-Brun (French: [kɔ̃ʁad malt bʁœ̃]; born Malthe Conrad Bruun; 12 August 1775 – 14 December 1826), sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun, was a Dano-French geographer and…
Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus KrayenhoffAuthor · Maps and atlasesCorneli(u)s Rudolphus Theodorus, Baron Krayenhoff (Nijmegen, 2 June 1758 – Nijmegen, 24 November 1840) was a physicist, artist, general, hydraulic engineer, cartographer and – against his…
Cyrille Pierre Théodore LaplaceAuthor · Maps and atlasesCyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace (7 November 1793 – 24 January 1875) was a French navigator famous for his circumnavigation of the globe on board La Favorite.
Daniel PatersonAuthor · Maps and atlasesDaniel Paterson (c. 1739–1825) was a British Army officer and cartographer, known for his books of road maps.
David Ewen BartholomewAuthor · Maps and atlasesCaptain David Ewen Bartholomew, CB (c. 1767/1768 - 19 February 1821) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, who rose from a poor background to become a post captain and…
David ThompsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesDavid Thompson (disambiguation)David Thompson
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Edmund March BluntAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdmund March Blunt (June 20, 1770 – January 4, 1862) was an American navigator, writer, and publisher of nautical magazines.
Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenAuthor · Maps and atlasesFaddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (–) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank…
Felipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — The title page of Antonio de León y Gama's account of the Aztec calendar stone
Francis AustenAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Francis William Austen, (23 April 1774 – 10 August 1865) was a Royal Navy officer and an elder brother of the novelist Jane Austen.
Francis BeaufortAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrancis Beaufort (disambiguation)
Frederick CatherwoodArtist · PaintingsFrederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya…
George WashingtonAuthor · BooksGeorge Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.
Gerard BanckerAuthor · Maps and atlasesGerard Bancker (sometimes Latin Gerardus, or colloquial Dutch Gerrit) (14 February 1740 in Albany, New York – January 1799) was an American surveyor and politician.
Giovanni Battista NolliAuthor · Maps and atlasesGiambattista Nolli (or Giovanni Battista) (9 April 1701 – 3 July 1756), was an Italian architect and surveyor.
Heinrich BerghausAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus (3 May 1797 – 17 February 1884) was a German geographer and cartographer who conducted trigonometric surveys in Prussia and taught geodesy at the Bauakademie…
Henry MouzonAuthor · Maps and atlasesHenry Mouzon II (May 18, 1741 – August 25, 1807) was a colonial-era American patriot and civil engineer.
Henry PelhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — A Boy with a Flying Squirrel, a 1765 portrait of Pelham by his half-brother John Singleton Copley
Inō TadatakaAuthor · Maps and atlases11 February 1745 – 17 May 1818 was a Japanese surveyor and cartographer. He is known for completing the first map of Japan using modern surveying techniques.
Jacques-Nicolas BellinAuthor · Maps and atlasesJacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the "philosophes".
James CookAuthor · Maps and atlasesCaptain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans…
James RennellAuthor · Maps and atlasesMajor James Rennell (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.
Jean HardyAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean Hardy (19 May 1762 – 29 May 1802) commanded a French division during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1783 he enlisted in the French Royal Army.
Jean-Baptiste Lislet GeoffroyAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy (born Jean-Baptiste Lislet; also known as Jean-Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy; 23 August 1755 – 8 February 1836) was a French astronomer, botanist and cartographer.
Jean-Dominique, comte de CassiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (30 June 174818 October 1845), also called Cassini IV, was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury and great-grandson of Giovanni…
Jens Michelsen BeckAuthor · Maps and atlasesJens Michelsen Beck (1 January 1721 29 May 1791) was a Danish surveyor, cartographer, landowner and planter.
Johann Hermann von FersenAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Fersen (mounted) being captured at the Battle of Bergen
Johann Hieronymus SchröterAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Hieronymus Schröter (30 August 1745, Erfurt – 29 August 1816, Lilienthal) was a German astronomer.
Johann Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Tobias Mayer (5 May 1752 – 30 November 1830) was a German physicist.
Johann Wilhelm KrauseDesigner · DesignJohann Wilhelm Krause was a Russian architect, professor, draftsperson and cartographer (1757–1828). He was born in Dziećmorowice and died in Tartu.
John AinslieAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — A plaque in Castlegate in Jedburgh
John BarrowAuthor · BooksSir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant.
John Clements WickhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator.
John HunterAuthor · Maps and atlasesVice-Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.
John McCluerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn McCluer (c. Between 1785 and 1787 he surveyed Muscat and Matruh harbours at the entrance to the Gulf of Oman.
John MitchellAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Mitchell (April 13, 1711 – February 29, 1768) was a colonial American physician and botanist.
John MontresorAuthor · Maps and atlasesCaptain John Montresor (22 April 1736 – June 1799) was a British Army officer and cartographer who served in the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War and American War of Independence.
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
John SpilsburyAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Spilsbury (/I.P.A. spɪlsbəri/ 1739 – 3 April 1769) was an English cartographer and engraver. He is credited as the inventor of the jigsaw puzzle.
José Antonio de Alzate y RamírezAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez.
José Martín Espinosa de los MonterosAuthor · Maps and atlasesJosé Martín y Espinosa de los Monteros was a Spanish pilot and a mathematics professor, founder of the lineage Espinosa in southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula).
Josef NausAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Josef Naus in 1824 (drawing by H. v.
Joseph de FerrarisAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph Jean François, count de Ferraris (20 April 1726 – 1 April 1814) was an Austrian general and cartographer. He was married to the daughter of Charles, 2nd Duke d'Ursel.
Joseph NicolletAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786 – September 11, 1843), also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper…
Joseph-François ManginAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph-François Mangin (June 10, 1758, in Dompaire –?) was a French-American architect who is noted for designing New York City Hall and St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City.
Joshua FisherAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoshua Fisher (1707 – February 1, 1783) was a prominent Philadelphia merchant involved in transatlantic trade and mapmaking as applied to nautical charts. He made the first
Juan de la Cruz Cano y OlmedillaAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — South America map by Juan de la Cruz, 1775
Jules Dumont d'UrvilleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
Karl Freiherr von MüfflingAuthor · Maps and atlasesFriedrich Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Müffling, nicknamed Weiss (12 June 177510 January 1851), was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and military theorist.
Karl Ludwig von LecoqAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Ludwig von Lecoq or Karl Ludwig von Le Coq, born 23 September 1754 – died 14 February 1829, of French Huguenot ancestry, first joined the army of the Electorate of Saxony.
Karl MollweideAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774 – 10 March 1825) was a German mathematician and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig.
Pedro Vicente MaldonadoAuthor · Maps and atlasesPedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who…
Philippe BuacheEngraver · PrintsPhilippe Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 7 February 1700; died Paris, 24 January 1773) was a French geographer, known for inventing a new system of geography and popularizing this topic.
Phillip Parker KingAuthor · Maps and atlasesPhillip Parker King (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts.
Pierre Alexandre TardieuAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Portrait of Pierre Alexandre Tardieu by Ingres, circa 1825 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Pierre JacotinAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre Jacotin (1765–1827) was the director of the survey for the Carte de l'Égypte (Description de l'Égypte), the first triangulation-based map of Egypt, Syria and Palestine.
Pierre M. LapieAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Map of Asian-Eastern Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, Balochistan, and Arabia by Pierre M. Lapie
Pierre MéchainAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre François André Méchain (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃dʁe meʃɛ̃]; 16 August 1744 – 20 September 1804) was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a…
Pierre PeytierAuthor · Maps and atlases
Pierre-Henry Gauttier du ParcAuthor · Maps and atlasesGauttier Duparc captained Chevrette in 1819 during the travels of Jules Dumont d'Urville, where he contributed to the
Poul LøvenørnAuthor · Maps and atlasesCounter-Admiral Poul de Løvenørn (11 August 1751 – 16 March 1826) was a Danish naval officer, cartographer, scientist and diplomat.
Robert Hyde ColebrookeAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Copy of a miniature that was painted between 1790 and 1795 showing Colebrooke in a scarlet uniform with dark blue collar.
Robert MoresbyAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — 1699 map of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Before Robert Moresby's laborious work, maps of these areas were very inaccurate.
Robert SayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesRobert Sayer (1725 – 29 January 1794) was a leading publisher and seller of prints, maps, and maritime charts in Georgian Britain.
Shiba KōkanEngraver · PrintsShiba and Andō
Thaddäus HaenkeAuthor · Maps and atlasesThaddäus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke (also Thaddeus Haenke; Tadeáš Haenke; Tadeo Haenke; 5 October 1761 – 4 November 1816) was a Czech botanist and explorer.
Thomas Frederick ColbyAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Frederick Colby (1 September 17849 October 1852) was a British Army major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey (OS).
Thomas HurdAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Hannaford Hurd (bapt. 30 January 1747 – 29 April 1823) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of captain.
Thomas KitchinAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Kitchin (also Kitchen; 1718–1784) was an English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king. He was also a writer, who wrote about the history of the West Indies.
Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesTobias Mayer (17 February 1723 – 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon.
Wilhelm Gotthelf LohrmannAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (31 January 1796 – 20 February 1840) was a Saxon cartographer, astronomer, meteorologist and patron of the sciences.
William Gerard de BrahmAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn William Gerard de Brahm (1718 c. 1799) was a German cartographer, engineer and mystic.
William Henry SmythAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral William Henry Smyth (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was an English Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist.
William MudgeAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Mudge (1762–1820) was an English artillery officer and surveyor, born in Plymouth, an important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey.
William ScullAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Scull (1739-1784) was an American cartographer and officer during the Revolutionary War.
William W. StewartAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam W. Stewart (c. 1776 – 10 September 1851) was a Scottish sealer and whaler after whom New Zealand's Stewart Island is named.

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