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

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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.
Julius ReicheltAuthor · Maps and atlasesJulius Reichelt (5 January 1637 – 19 February 1717) was a German mathematician and astronomer who may have set up the first observatory in the city of Strasbourg.
Justin PooleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJustin Poole was the seventh deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
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 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 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.
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…
Krystyna PiotrowskaAuthor · Maps and atlasesKrystyna Piotrowska (5 July 193826 January 2022) was a Polish geologist, cartographer, professor of earth sciences and researcher of the Tatra Mountains.
László MagyarAuthor · Maps and atlasesLászló Magyar (1818–1864) was a Hungarian explorer and map-maker of Southwest Africa.
Laurence Patrick LeeAuthor · Maps and atlasesLaurence Patrick "Laurie" Lee (1913 – 28 January 1985) was a New Zealand mathematician, geodesist, and cartographer who was the Chief Computer for the Department of Lands and Survey and one…
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.
Leonid KolotiloAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeonid Grigorievich Kolotilo (born December 16, 1958, Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian geographer, researcher of Lake Baikal, a full member of Academic Senate Russian Geographical…
Lewis Fry RichardsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Lidiya PonomarenkoAuthor · Maps and atlasesLidiya Antonivna Ponomarenko (Ukrainian: Лідія Антонівна Пономаренко; 16 February 1922 – 3 December 2013) was a Ukrainian local historian.
Lodovico GuicciardiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesLodovico Guicciardini (19 August 1521 – 22 March 1589) was an Italian writer and merchant from Florence who lived primarily in Antwerp from 1542 or earlier.
Louis BretezAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — The Turgot map in its assembled form drawn by Louis Bretez
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.
Lucas Janszoon WaghenaerAuthor · Maps and atlasesLucas Janszoon Waghenaer (c. 1606) was a Dutch cartographer and a notable figure of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography, known for his pioneering contributions on the subject of…
MacDonald GillAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gill with his wife Muriel, c.
Marcus BakerAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Studio portrait of Marcus Baker
Marie TharpAuthor · Maps and atlasesMarie Tharp was an American cartographer, oceanographer, geologist and surveyor (1920–2006). She was born in Ypsilanti and died in Nyack.
Mark MonmonierAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmerican Geographical Society's Osborn Maitland Miller Medal (2001)
Martin BehaimAuthor · Maps and atlasesMartin Behaim (6 October 1459 – 29 July 1507), also known as Martin von Behaim and by various forms of Martin of Bohemia, was a German textile merchant and cartographer.
Martin WaldseemüllerAuthor · Maps and atlasesMartin Waldseemüller (c. 1470 – 16 March 1520) was a German cartographer and humanist scholar.
Martino MartiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesMartino Martini (20 September 1614 – 6 June 1661) was a Jesuit missionary in China. Born and raised in Trento, he worked as a cartographer and historian of ancient imperial China.
Matteo RicciAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatteo Ricci (Italian: [matˈtɛːo ˈrittʃi]; Latin: Matthaeus Riccius; Chinese: 利玛窦; pinyin: Lì Mǎdòu;
Matthäus MerianArtist · PaintingsMatthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where…
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…
Matthew H. EdneyAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthew H. Edney is a British geographer who is both the Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, at the University of Southern Maine;[1] and the Project Director of the History of…
Matthias QuadEngraver · PrintsMatthias Quad (1557–1613) was an engraver and cartographer from Cologne. He was the first European mapmaker to use dotted lines to indicate international borders.
Matthias RingmannAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthias Ringmann (1482–1511), also known as Philesius Vogesigena, was an Alsatian German humanist scholar and cosmographer.
Melchisédech ThévenotAuthor · Maps and atlasesMelchisédech Thévenot was a French cartographer, librarian, diplomat, writer and physicist (1620–1692). He was born in Paris and died in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Menno-Jan KraakAuthor · Maps and atlasesMenno-Jan Kraak (born 28 March 1958, Vaassen) is a Dutch cartographer and professor of Geovisual Analytics and Cartography at the Faculty of Geoinformation Sciences and Earth Observation at…
Michael van LangrenEngraver · PrintsMichael van Langren (April 1598 May 1675) was an astronomer and cartographer of the Low Countries. A Catholic, he chiefly found employment in service to the Spanish Monarchy.
Michał BoymAuthor · Maps and atlasesMichał Piotr Boym, SJ (c. 1612 – 22 June 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary, scientist, and explorer active in China during the 17th century.
Mikael Bodlore-PenlaezAuthor · Maps and atlasesMikael Bodlore-Penlaez (born 1975) is a Breton author and cartographer. He co-edited, with Divi Kervella, the first bilingual Atlas of Brittany (French / Breton) who has received several…
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).
Nicholas LaneAuthor · Maps and atlasesNicholas Lane (c. 1585 1644) was an English surveyor and cartographer, active in the early part of the seventeenth century, rising to prominence in his works for King Charles I.
Nicholas Scull IIAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent, with a perspective view of the State-House (1752), by N. Scull and G. Heap
Nicolaes Pieterszoon BerchemArtist · PaintingsNicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical…
Nicolas de FerEngraver · PrintsNicolas de Fer (1646 – 25 October 1720) was a French cartographer and geographer. He also was an engraver and publisher.
Nicolas SansonAuthor · Maps and atlasesNicolas Sanson (20 December 1600 – 7 July 1667) was a French cartographer who served under two kings in matters of geography. He has been called the "father of French cartography."
Nikolas SchillerAuthor · Maps and atlasesNikolas Schiller (born October 10, 1980) is an American blogger and drug policy reform activist who lives in Washington, DC.
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.
Paul DaxAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Paul Dax: Self-portrait, around 1530
Pedro de MedinaAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Cross-staff in Regimento de Navegación by Pedro de Medina, 1552. A goniometric instrument used to measure the altitude of stars.
Pedro ReinelAuthor · Maps and atlasesPedro Reinel (fl. 1485 – 1540) was a Portuguese cartographer.
Pedro Teixeira AlbernazAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Ribadeo river by Pedro Teixeira,1634
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…
Penelope SteelAuthor · Maps and atlasesPenelope Steel (Winde; later Mason; c. 1768 – c.
Peter Schenk the ElderEngraver · PrintsPetrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between 12 August and 17 November 1711) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and…
Petrus ApianusAuthor · Maps and atlasesPetrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and…
Petrus PlanciusEngraver · PrintsPetrus Plancius (lang; born Pieter Platevoet; 1552 – 15 May 1622) was a Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman.
Philip Johan von StrahlenbergAuthor · Maps and atlasesPhilip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747) was a Swedish officer and geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia.
Philip LeaAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — A general mapp of the continent and islands which bee adjacent to Jamaica by P. Lea, 1688
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…
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 AllemandAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre Allemand (Allemand) (c. 1662 – 27 May 1691) was a French ship pilot, cartographer, and fur trader in North America during the 17th century.
Pierre d'AillyAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre d'Ailly (lang; Petrus Aliacensis, Petrus de Alliaco; 13519 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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
Pieter Dirkszoon KeyserAuthor · Maps and atlasesPieter Dirkszoon Keyser (occasionally Petrus Theodorus; c. 1540 – 11 September 1596) was a Dutch navigator and celestial cartographer who mapped several constellations on the southern…
Pieter van den KeereEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Map of the Black Sea for Abraham Ortelius.
Pieter van der AaAuthor · Maps and atlasesPieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, August 1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and…
Pietro VesconteAuthor · Maps and atlasesPietro Vesconte (fl. 1310–1330) was an Italian cartographer and geographer from the Republic of Genoa.
Piri ReisAuthor · Maps and atlases
Poul LøvenørnAuthor · Maps and atlasesCounter-Admiral Poul de Løvenørn (11 August 1751 – 16 March 1826) was a Danish naval officer, cartographer, scientist and diplomat.
Renward CysatAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — portrait of Renward Cysat
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 Edes HarrisonAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Harrison (disambiguation)Richard Harrison
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 DudleyAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Robert Dudley (7 August 1574 – 6 September 1649) was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account.
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 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 Owen JonesAuthor · Maps and atlasesMajor-General Robert Owen Jones (24 November 1837 in Bala – 1926) was a British Army officer and cartographer.
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.
Rodrigo ZamoranoAuthor · Maps and atlasesRodrigo Zamorano (1542–1620) was a cosmographer of the royal house of Philip II of Spain.
Russell BlackwellAuthor · Maps and atlasesRussell Blackwell (March 24, 1904 – August 1969) was an American anarchist and former communist.
Samuel de ChamplainAuthor · Maps and atlasesSamuel de Champlain (lang; baptized 13 August 1574 – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City…
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.
Samuel von SchmettauAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Samuel Graf von Schmettau
Sebastian CabotAuthor · Maps and atlases1474 – c. December 1557) was a Venetian explorer, who at various times was in the service of the Kingdom of England, the Crown of Ar
Sebastian MünsterAuthor · Maps and atlasesSebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel.
Seymour I. SchwartzAuthor · Maps and atlasesSeymour I. Schwartz (January 22, 1928 – August 28, 2020) was the Distinguished Alumni Professor for the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
Shiba KōkanEngraver · PrintsShiba and Andō
Simon StevinAuthor · Maps and atlasesSimon Stevin (lang; 1548–1620), sometimes called Stevinus, was a Flemish mathematician, scientist and music theorist.
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.
Tania López MarreroAuthor · Maps and atlases
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 Gamaliel BradfordAuthor · Maps and atlases
Thomas HarriotAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Harriot (c. 1560 – 2 July 1621), also spelled Harriott, Hariot or Heriot, was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator to whom the theory of refraction is…
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.
Tito Livio BurattiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesTito Livio Burattini (Tytus Liwiusz Burattini; 8 March 1617 – 17 November 1681) was an inventor, architect, Egyptologist, scientist, instrument-maker, traveller, engineer and nobleman.
Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesTobias Mayer (17 February 1723 – 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon.
Ubbo EmmiusAuthor · Maps and atlasesUbbo Emmius (5 December 15479 December 1625) was a German historian and geographer.
Vakhushti of KartliAuthor · Maps and atlasesVakhushti (ვახუშტი; c. 1696 – 1757) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili), geographer, historian and cartographer.
Veronica RuzickaAuthor · Maps and atlasesVeronica Ruzicka Laing (September 29, 1917 – October 12, 1981) was an American artist, designer, mapmaker, and illustrator.
Victor HuotAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Explorations in Bolivia map of Gustav Steinmann, H. Hoek and Von Bistram expedition
Vincenzo CoronelliAuthor · Maps and atlasesVincenzo Maria Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases…
Waldo R. ToblerAuthor · Maps and atlasesWaldo Rudolph Tobler (November 16, 1930 – February 20, 2018) was an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer.

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