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18th-century geographers

32 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.
Abraham Jacob van der AaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Abraham Jacob van der Aa, portrait by Adrianus Johannes Ehnle
Alexander von HumboldtAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
Alexandre Guy PingréPerson · Music memorabiliaDom Alexandre Guy Pingré (September 1711 – 1 May 1796) was a French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer.
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.
Charles Marie de La CondamineAuthor · BooksCharles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician.
Charles WilkesAuthor · BooksCharles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the first United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842).
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…
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Francis BeaufortAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrancis Beaufort (disambiguation)
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…
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 RennellAuthor · Maps and atlasesMajor James Rennell (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.
Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de RochelleAuthor · BooksJean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle (26 March 1762 – March 1849) was a French geographer, writer, poet and ambassador to the U.S.
Jean-François de BourgoingAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean-François de Bourgoing
Jens Michelsen BeckAuthor · Maps and atlasesJens Michelsen Beck (1 January 1721 29 May 1791) was a Danish surveyor, cartographer, landowner and planter.
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.
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…
Jovan RajićAuthor · BooksJovan Rajić (Јован Рајић; November 11, 1726 – December 11, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue.
Juan de la Cruz Cano y OlmedillaAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — South America map by Juan de la Cruz, 1775
Leonhard EulerAuthor · BooksLeonhard Euler (OY-lər; 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, music theorist and engineer.
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.
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 PeytierAuthor · Maps and atlases
Salomo SachsAuthor · BooksSalomo Sachs (Šəlomoh Sachs; born on 22 December 1772 in Berlin; died on 14 May 1855) was a Jewish Prussian architect, astronomer, Prussian building official, mathematician, drawing teacher…
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.

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