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19th-century cartographers

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

Adolf Erik NordenskiöldAuthor · Maps and atlasesNils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer.
Alberto Maria De AgostiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlberto Maria de Agostini (2 November 1883 – 25 December 1960) was an Italian missionary priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in Pollone, Piedmont, who worked as a mountaineer,…
Alexander Georg SupanAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Georg Supan (3 March 1847 − 7 July 1920) was an Austrian geographer.
Alexander Keith JohnstonAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.
Alexander RadóAuthor · Maps and atlases
Alexandre RaymondAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexandre Marc Raymond (22 January 1872 – 16 May 1941) was a French Orientalist architect and artist. After working in Islamic art, he turned to Byzantine art.
Alexandre VuilleminAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Map of Indre et Loire Department from Vuillemin's 1858 edition of La France et ses Colonies, showing his typically detailed and decorative margins.
Alfons GabrielAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlfons Gabriel (1894–1976) was an Austrian geographer, explorer and travel writer who made several trips to the deserts of Iran, in 1927, 1928, 1933, and 1937.
Alfred EdmondsAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlfred M. Edmonds (1821 – November 23, 1893) was a Canadian artist, draughtsman and cartographer.
André SlomszynskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Photo of Slomszynski (Lausanne, about 1874)
André-Louis CholeskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesAndré-Louis Cholesky (15 October 1875, in Montguyon – 31 August 1918, in Bagneux) was a French military officer, geodesist, and mathematician.
Andrey VilkitskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Andrey Vilkitsky
Archibald GeikieAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Archibald Geikie (28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Ardito DesioAuthor · Maps and atlasesCount Ardito Desio (18 April 1897 – 12 December 2001) was an Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist, and cartographer.
August Aleksander JärnefeltAuthor · Maps and atlasesAugust Alexander Järnefelt (2 April 1833 – 15 April 1896) was a Finnish general, topographist, governor and senator.
Auguste JaccardAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Auguste Jaccard
Bernhard von CottaAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarl Bernhard von Cotta, known as Bernhard von Cotta (24 October 180814 September 1879), was a German geologist.
Blasius KozennAuthor · Maps and atlasesBlasius Kozenn (Blaž Kocen; 24 January 182129 May 1871) was a Slovenian geographer and cartographer. He has occasionally been misidentified as Slovak.
Boris VilkitskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesBoris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Вильки́цкий) (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor.
Carlos Viegas Gago CoutinhoAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, GCTE, GCC (17 February 1869 – 18 February 1959), generally known simply as Gago Coutinho, was a Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian…
Charles Francis HallEngraver · PrintsCharles Hall (disambiguation)
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Claudius Henricus de GoejeAuthor · Maps and atlasesClaudius Henricus de Goeje (4 May 1879 – 8 June 1955) was a Dutch Navy officer and cartographer, who took a special interest in the Wayana and Tiriyó peoples he encountered on his…
Curt von FrançoisAuthor · Maps and atlasesCurt Karl Bruno von François (2 October 1852 – 28 December 1931) was a German geographer, cartographer, Schutztruppe officer and commissioner of the imperial colonial army of the German…
David H. BurrAuthor · Maps and atlasesDavid Burr (1803–1875) was an American cartographer, surveyor and topographer. He served in several positions for the United States government, as the official topographer for the United…
Edward Ayearst ReevesAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdward Ayearst Reeves (9 February 1862 – 17 October 1945) was a British geographer, astronomer, and cartographer.
Edward MoggAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Mogg's Handbook for Railway Travellers, 1840
Edwin E. HowellAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Edwin E. Howell
Ellen Eliza FitzAuthor · Maps and atlasesEllen Eliza Fitz was an American inventor known for her design for a globe mounting system, the Fitz globe.
Emil von SydowAuthor · Maps and atlasesEmil von Sydow (15 July 1812 – 13 October 1873) was a German military officer, geographer and cartographer born in Freiberg, Saxony.
Emmor CopeAuthor · Maps and atlasesEmmor Bradley Cope (23 July 1834 – 28 May 1927) was an American Civil War officer of the Union Army noted for the "Map of the Battlefield of Gettysburg from the original survey made August…
Federico SaccoAuthor · Maps and atlasesFederico Sacco (February 5, 1864, in Fossano – October 2, 1948, in Trofarello) was an Italian geologist, paleontologist and mycologist.
Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesFerdynand Antoni Ossendowski (fɛrˈdɨnant anˈtɔɲi ɔssɛnˈdɔfskʲi; 27 May 1876 – 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist.
Frank DebenhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar…
Frank WilkesonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Frank Wilkeson
G. E. FergusonAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Ekem Ferguson (14 July 1864 – 7 April 1897), also known as Ekow Atta, was a Fante civil servant, surveyor and cartographer who worked in the British colony of the Gold Coast (modern…
George Mercer DawsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian geologist and surveyor.
George Robert BroadbentAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Robert Broadbent (3 November 1863 – 28 October 1947), was an Australian cycling champion and map publisher.
Gerald Lenox ConynghamAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gerald Lenox-Conyngham c.1920
Gottlieb SchumacherAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gottlieb Schumacher
Gregor von HelmersenAuthor · Maps and atlasesGregor von Helmersen or Grigory Petrovich Helmersen (–) was a Baltic German geologist.
Gustav Frederik HolmAuthor · Maps and atlasesHonorary membership of the Greenlandic Society (Grønlandske Selskab)
Hans MeyerAuthor · Maps and atlasesHans Heinrich Josef Meyer (22 March 1858 – 5 July 1929) was a German geographer from Hildburghausen, who was the son of publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826–1909).
Heinrich KiepertAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Kiepert (July 31, 1818 – April 21, 1899) was a German geographer.
Henry HarrisseAuthor · Maps and atlasesHenry Harrisse (May 28, 1829 – May 13, 1910) was a writer, lawyer, art critic, and American historian who authored books on the discovery of America and geographic representations of the…
Henry JamesAuthor · Maps and atlasesDirector of the Topographical and Statistical Department of the War Office, 1857–70
Henry Mangles DenhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral Sir Henry Mangles Denham FRS (28 August 1800 – 3 July 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.
Henry MitchellAuthor · Maps and atlases
Herbert FordhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Herbert George Fordham (9 May 1854 – 1929), was a British writer on cartography whose Carto-Bibliography method of cataloging maps was widely adopted.
Hermann von RosenbergAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Karl Benjamin von Rosenberg (April 7, 1817 – November 15, 1888) was a German naturalist born in Darmstadt.
Hermann WagnerAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Wagner (23 June 1840 – 18 June 1929) was a German geographer and cartographer who was a native of Erlangen.
Howard StansburyAuthor · Maps and atlasesHoward Stansbury (February 8, 1806 – April 17, 1863) was a major in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Ilonka KaraszDesigner · Modern designIlonka Karasz (July 13, 1896 – May 26, 1981), was a Hungarian-American designer, interior decorator, painter and illustrator known for avant-garde industrial design and for her many New…
Isaac StevensAuthor · Maps and atlasesIsaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later…
James Ernest RicheyAuthor · Maps and atlasesJames Ernest Richey FRSE (24 April 1886 – 19 June 1968) was an Irish-born geologist.
James William AbertAuthor · Maps and atlasesJames William Abert (November 18, 1820 – August 10, 1897) was an American soldier, explorer, bird collector and topographical artist.
Jeremy Francis GilmerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJeremy Francis Gilmer (February 23, 1818 – December 1, 1883) was an American soldier, mapmaker, and civil engineer most noted for his service as the Chief Engineer of the Confederate States…
Johan Peter KochAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohan Peter Koch (15 January 1870 – 13 January 1928) was a Danish captain and explorer of the Arctic dependencies of Denmark, born in Vestenskov.
John Francon WilliamsAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Francon Williams FRGS (1854 – 4 September 1911) was a British writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer, and inventor, born in Llanllechid, Caernarvonshire.
John WashingtonAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Washington FRGS (1 January 1800 – 16 September 1863) was an officer of the Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, and a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
John Wolcott AdamsAuthor · Maps and atlases
Karl KořistkaAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Kořistka (also Carl Kořistka, Karel Kořistka; 7 February 1825 – 18 January 1906) was a Czech geographer, cartographer, mathematician and professor.
Karl Spruner von MertzAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — 1865 Spruner map of the Roman Empire under Diocletian
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig MüllerAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller (Carolus Müllerus; 13 February 1813 in Clausthal – 1894 in Göttingen) was a German philologist and historian, best known for his Didot editions of fragmentary…
László MagyarAuthor · Maps and atlasesLászló Magyar (1818–1864) was a Hungarian explorer and map-maker of Southwest Africa.
Leo BagrowAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeo Bagrow (born Lev Semenovich Bagrov; 6 July 1881 – 10 August 1957) was a Russian-born historian of cartography, founder of the journal Imago Mundi.
Leon BarszczewskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeon Barszczewski (February 20, 1849 in Warsaw – March 19, 1910 in Częstochowa) was a soldier, topographer, explorer of the Central Asia culture, naturalist, and glaciologer.
Leonard ChodźkoAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration.
Lewis Fry RichardsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Louis Lucien PessouAuthor · Maps and atlasesLouis Lucien Pessou was born in 1824 at New Orleans. Pessou died in 1886.
Louis Vivien de Saint-MartinAuthor · Maps and atlasesLouis Vivien, called Vivien de Saint-Martin, (17 May 1802 – 26 December 1896) was a 19th-century French geographer.
MacDonald GillAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gill with his wife Muriel, c.
Marcus BakerAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Studio portrait of Marcus Baker
Matthew Fontaine MauryAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American…
Mikhail Bonch-BruyevichAuthor · Maps and atlasesMikhail Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich (24 February 1870 – 3 August 1956) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet military commander (Lieutenant General from 1944).
Noel AthertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesNoel Atherton (8 May 1899 – 15 September 1987) was a British cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office, today known as the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.
O. H. BaileyAuthor · Maps and atlasesOakley Hoopes Bailey (June 14, 1843 – August 13, 1947) was a prolific panoramic map creator for several decades. He produced 374 maps from 1871 until he retired in 1927.
Olga FedchenkoAuthor · Maps and atlasesOlga Aleksandrovna Fedchenko or Fedtschenko (Armfeld; 30 October 1845 – 24 April 1921) was a Russian botanist.
Oscar BaumannAuthor · Maps and atlasesOscar Baumann (25 June 1864 in Vienna – 12 October 1899 in Vienna) was an Austrian explorer, cartographer and ethnographer.
Philipp Johann Heinrich FauthAuthor · Maps and atlasesPhilipp Johann Heinrich Fauth (19 March 1867 – 4 January 1941) was a German elementary school teacher and astronomer who excelled in lunar research conducted during forty years in his…
Richard AndreeAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Andree (26 February 1835 – 22 February 1912) was a German geographer and cartographer, noted for devoting himself especially to ethnographic studies.
Richard CollinsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Collinson was born in 1811. Collinson died in 1883.
Richard Francis BurtonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Richard Hugh StotherdAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Hugh Stotherd (1828–1895) was a British Army officer, a major-general in the Royal Engineers and the director-general of the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom,
Robert E. LeeAuthor · Maps and atlasesRobert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the…
Robert Owen JonesAuthor · Maps and atlasesMajor-General Robert Owen Jones (24 November 1837 in Bala – 1926) was a British Army officer and cartographer.
Samuel Herbert MawEngraver · PrintsSamuel Herbert Maw (September 12, 1881 – August 19, 1952) was a British-Canadian architect, delineator and cartographer.
Samuel Swinfin BurdettAuthor · Maps and atlasesSamuel Swinfin Burdett (February 21, 1836 – September 24, 1914) was a U.S. representative from Missouri.
Sofia AhlbomAuthor · Maps and atlasesSofia Carolina Ahlbom (25 November 1803 – 8 June 1868) was a Swedish drawing artist, engraver, lithographer, photographer, map maker, writer, poet and feminist.
Thomas Gamaliel BradfordAuthor · Maps and atlases
Victor HuotAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Explorations in Bolivia map of Gustav Steinmann, H. Hoek and Von Bistram expedition
Wilhelm JordanAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Jordan (1 March 1842, Ellwangen, Württemberg – 17 April 1899, Hanover) was a German geodesist who conducted surveys in Germany and Africa and founded the German geodesy journal.
William Farrar SmithAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Farrar Smith (February 17, 1824February 28, 1903), known as "Baldy" Smith, was a Union general in the American Civil War, notable for attracting the extremes of glory and blame.
William H. EmoryAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer of the 19th century.
William YollandAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — William Yolland, the Royal Society commemorative portrait
Wim SchermerhornAuthor · Maps and atlasesWillem "Wim" Schermerhorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪ(lə)m ˈsxɛrmərˌɦɔr(ə)n]; 17 December 1894 – 10 March 1977) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25…
Yuly ShokalskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesYuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky (Russian: Юлий Михайлович Шокальский; October 17, 1856 in Saint Petersburg – March 26, 1940 in Leningrad) was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and…
Þorvaldur ThoroddsenAuthor · Maps and atlasesÞorvaldur Thoroddsen (6 June 1855 – 28 September 1921) was an Icelandic geologist and geographer.

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