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

Aaro HellaakoskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Aaro Hellaakoski in 1913
Aaron ArrowsmithAuthor · Maps and atlasesAaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823) was an English cartographer, engraver, publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers.
Abbas SahabAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Abbas Sahab
Abraham Jacob van der AaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Abraham Jacob van der Aa, portrait by Adrianus Johannes Ehnle
Abraham OrteliusEngraver · PrintsAbraham Ortelius (also Ortels, Orthellius or Wortels; 4 or 14 April 152728 June 1598) was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands.
Abu Hamid al-GharnatiAuthor · BooksAbū Ḥāmid al-Gharnāṭī (Arabic: أبو حامد الغرناطي; full name: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān ibn Rabīʿ al-Māzinī al-Qaysī; c.
Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-HamdānīAuthor · BooksAbū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī (279/280-333/334 A.H; c. 893947) was an Arab Muslim geographer, chemist, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer, from the tribe of…
Adam of BremenAuthor · BooksAdam of Bremen (Adamus Bremensis; Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century.
Adolf Erik NordenskiöldAuthor · Maps and atlasesNils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer.
Aethicus IsterAuthor · BooksAethicus Ister (Aethicus Donares, Aethicus of Istria or Aethicus Ister) was the protagonist of the 7th/8th-century Cosmographia, purportedly written by a man of church Hieronymus (Jerome,…
Al-MaqriziAuthor · BooksAl-Maqrīzī (full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, تقي الدين أحمد بن علي بن عبد القادر بن محمد المقريزي;
Al-Mas'udiAuthor · BooksAl-Masʿūdī (full name Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī, أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي), c.
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,…
Albertus MagnusAuthor · BooksAlbertus Magnus (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher,…
Albrecht HaushoferAuthor · BooksIllustration — Albrecht Haushofer
Alexander Georg SupanAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Georg Supan (3 March 1847 − 7 July 1920) was an Austrian geographer.
Alexander James KentAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander James Kent (born 24 August 1977) is a British cartographer, geographer and academic, currently serving as Vice President of the International Cartographic Association.
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
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.
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.
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.
André ThévetEngraver · PrintsAndré Thevet, OFM (lang; 1516 – 23 November 1590) was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and South America.
Andreas GruschkePhotographer · PhotographyAndreas Gruschke (April 16, 1960 in Tengen-Blumenfeld – January 30, 2018) was a German author, photographer and Tibet researcher.
Antonio di BenedettoAuthor · BooksAntonio di Benedetto (2 November 1922 – 10 October 1986) was an Argentine novelist, short story writer and journalist.
Antonio Núñez JiménezPhotographer · PhotographyAntonio Núñez Jiménez was a Cuban geographer, speleologist, archaeologist, scientist and revolutionary.
Arno PetersAuthor · Maps and atlasesArno Peters (22 May 1916 – 2 December 2002) was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection.
Arnoldus MontanusAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Arnoldus Montanus, 1680, Ambassades Mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces unies, vers les Empereurs du Japon.
Benedetto BordoneAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Chart of Venice by Bordone
Bernard PalissyArtist · CeramicsBernard Palissy (bɛʁnaʁ palisi; c. 1589) was a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain.
Bernard WapowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesBernard Wapowski (1475-1535) was one of the earliest Polish cartographers and is credited for making the first detailed map of Poland in 1526.
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.
Bohuslav BalbínAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bohuslav Balbín
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…
Cesare BattistiAuthor · BooksCesare Battisti was an Italian journalist, geographer, writer, politician and historian (1875–1916). He was born in Trento.
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).
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Chrysanthus NotarasAuthor · Maps and atlasesChrysanthus Notaras (Greek: Χρύσανθος Νοταράς; 1655/1660 – February 7, 1731), also known as Chrysanthus of Jerusalem, was Patriarch of Jerusalem (February 19, 1707 – February 7, 1731) and a…
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…
Corneille WytflietAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Map of Cuba and Jamaica from Wytfliet's Descriptionis Ptolemaicæ augmentum (1597)
Cristoforo BuondelmontiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Map of Constantinople (1422) by Buondelmonti, contained in Liber insularum Archipelagi (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris) is the oldest surviving map of the city, and…
Daniel Coit GilmanAuthor · BooksDaniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
Daniello BartoliAuthor · BooksDaniello Bartoli (daˈnjɛllo ˈbartoli; 12 February 160813 January 1685) was an Italian Jesuit writer and historiographer, celebrated by the poet Giacomo Leopardi as the "Dante of Italian…
David LivingstoneAuthor · BooksDavid Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa.
DicaearchusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Dicaearchus made in 1817
DicuilAuthor · BooksDicuilus (Gaelic: Dícuil; fl.814–825 A.D.) was an Irish monk, astronomer, geographer and author born during the second half of the 8th century, possibly in the Hebrides.
Dionysius of ByzantiumAuthor · BooksDionysius of Byzantium (Greek ∆ιονύσιος Βυζάντιος, Dionysios Byzantios Latin Dionysius Byzantinus) was a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE.
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Élie ReclusAuthor · BooksÉlie Reclus (lang; July 16, 1827 – February 11, 1904) was a French ethnographer and anarchist.
Eliza Ruhamah ScidmoreAuthor · BooksEarly proponent of planting Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C.
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.
Eugène MageAuthor · BooksEugène Abdon Mage (30 July 1837 – 19 December 1869) was a French naval officer and explorer of Africa.
France PlaninaAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrance Planina (29 September 1901 – 14 January 1992) was a Slovene geographer and cartographer.
Francis BeaufortAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrancis Beaufort (disambiguation)
Francis GaltonPhotographer · PhotographySir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era;
Francis YounghusbandAuthor · BooksLieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer.
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…
Georg BraunAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorg Braun (also Brunus, Bruin; 1541 – 10 March 1622) was a German topo-geographer.
George F. JenksAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Frederick Jenks (July 16, 1916 – December 29, 1996) was an American geographer known for his significant contributions to cartography and geographic information systems (GIS).
George KishAuthor · Maps and atlasesProfessor George Kish (November 24, 1914July 11, 1989, born György Kiss) was an internationally recognized authority known for work in geography and the history of cartography.
George Mercer DawsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian geologist and surveyor.
Gerald Lenox ConynghamAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gerald Lenox-Conyngham c.1920
Giovanni Battista RamusioAuthor · Maps and atlasesGiovanni Battista Ramusio (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista raˈmuːzjo; July 20, 1485 – July 10, 1557) was an Italian geographer and travel writer.
Giovanni BoteroAuthor · BooksGiovanni Botero (c. 1544 – 23 June 1617) was an Italian thinker, Catholic priest, poet, and diplomat, author of Della Ragion di Stato (The Reason of State), in ten chapters, printed in…
Girolamo FracastoroAuthor · BooksGirolamo Fracastoro (Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/86 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy.
Gregor von HelmersenAuthor · Maps and atlasesGregor von Helmersen or Grigory Petrovich Helmersen (–) was a Baltic German geologist.
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Guillaume FillastreAuthor · Maps and atlasesGuillaume Fillastre, sometimes called the Elder (1348 – 6 November 1428), was a French cardinal, canonist, humanist, and geographer.
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 BarthAuthor · BooksJohann Heinrich Barth (lang; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa and scholar.
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…
Heinrich BüntingAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Bünting (1545 – 30 December 1606) was a German Protestant pastor and theologian.
Heinrich HarrerPhotographer · PhotographyHeinrich Harrer (lang; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant.
Heinrich KiepertAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Kiepert (July 31, 1818 – April 21, 1899) was a German geographer.
Henrik MohnAuthor · BooksHenrik Mohn (15 May 1835 – 12 September 1916) was a Norwegian astronomer and meteorologist.
Henry YuleAuthor · BooksColonel Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.
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.
Herman MollEngraver · PrintsHerman Moll (mid-17th century – 22 September 1732) was a British cartographer, engraver, and publisher.
Hermann AllmersAuthor · BooksHermann Allmers (11 February 1821, Rechtenfleth – 9 March 1902) was a German poet.
Hermann BurmeisterAuthor · BooksKarl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and…
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.
Hubert WilkinsPhotographer · PhotographySir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer,…
Ibn Al OuardyAuthor · BooksAbū Ḥafs Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī, known as Ibn al-Wardi, was an Arab geographer (died circa 1446, sometimes listed as late as 1457).
Ibn JubayrAuthor · BooksIbn Jubayr (1 September 1145 – 29 November 1217), also written Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair and Ibn Djubayr, and also called simply Jabair, was an Arab geographer, traveller and poet from…
Ibn KhordadbehPerson · Music memorabiliaAbu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (Persian: ابوالقاسم عبیدالله ابن خردادبه;
İbrahim MüteferrikaAuthor · BooksIbrahim Muteferrika (İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run…
Imre DemhardtAuthor · Maps and atlasesHe was born in Wiesbaden.
Isabella BirdPhotographer · PhotographyIsabella Bird is recorded as having received Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and Fellow of t
Ishtori HaparchiAuthor · Maps and atlasesIshtori Haparchi (1280–1355), also Estori Haparchi and Ashtori ha-Parhi is the pen name of the 14th-century Jewish physician, geographer, and traveller, Isaac HaKohen Ben Moses.
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.
James Wreford WatsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesProf James Wreford Watson FRSE FRSC IBG LLD (February 8, 1915 – September 18, 1990) was a Scottish Canadian geographer and cartographer, who served as the Chief Geographer of Canada and the…
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'AnvilleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist buʁgiɲɔ̃ dɑ̃vil];
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 PalairetAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean Palairet (1697–1774) was a teacher and a French cartographer.
Jean-Baptiste Du HaldeAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Du Halde (Pinyin: Dù Hèdé; 1 February 1674 – 18 August 1743) was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China.
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.
Johann HomannAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Baptist Homann (20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724) was a German geographer and cartographer, who also made maps of the Americas.
Johann HübnerAuthor · BooksJohann Hübner (17 March 1668 – 21 May 1731) was a German geographer and scholar, who taught by the question and answer method.
Johannes François SnellemanPhotographer · PhotographyJohannes François Snelleman (26 December 1852 – 18 May 1938) was a Dutch zoologist, orientalist, ethnographer and museum director. He was a son of Christiaan Snelleman and Sara Lacombe.
Johannes RuyschAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Ruysch (c. 1470–1533) was a Dutch cartographer, explorer, painter, and Benedictine monk from Utrecht.
Johannes SchönerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Schöner (16 January 1477, in Karlstadt am Main – 16 January 1547, in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg) (aka, Johann Schönner, Johann Schoener, Jean Schönner, Joan Schoenerus)…
Johannes StöfflerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Stöffler (also Stöfler, Stoffler, Stoeffler; 10 December 1452 – 16 February 1531) was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments and…
Johannes VingboonsAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Vingboons (1616/1617 – Amsterdam, 20 July 1670) was a Dutch cartographer and watercolourist.
John Amos ComeniusAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komenský; Johann Amos Comenius; Jan Amos Komeński; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius;
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 PalliserAuthor · BooksJohn Palliser (29 January 1817 – 18 August 1887) was an Irish-born geographer and explorer.
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.
John ThomsonPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller.
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.
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-Nicolas DelisleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph-Nicolas Delisle (lang; 4 April 1688 – 11 September 1768) was a French astronomer and cartographer.
Josué de CastroAuthor · BooksJosué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro (5 September 1908 – 24 September 1973), was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist…
Jovan RajićAuthor · BooksJovan Rajić (Јован Рајић; November 11, 1726 – December 11, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue.

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