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German cartographers

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

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.
Christian MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesChristian Mayer (20 August 1719 Mederitz – 16 April 1783 in Mannheim) was a Moravian-German Catholic priest, astronomer and teacher.
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…
Erhard EtzlaubAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — "Romweg" map, 1500. "South-up" display, as in all of Etzlaub's maps.
Georg BraunAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorg Braun (also Brunus, Bruin; 1541 – 10 March 1622) was a German topo-geographer.
Georg MarcgraveAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorg Marcgrave (20 September 1610 – August 1644) was a German naturalist, astronomer, and cartographer.
Georg NaumannAuthor · Maps and atlasesKurt Georg Naumann (1901–1978) was a German scientist, trapper and pioneer of the early local exploration and use of oil wells and natural gas deposits in the northern catchment area of…
Gottlieb SchumacherAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gottlieb Schumacher
Heinrich BüntingAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Bünting (1545 – 30 December 1606) was a German Protestant pastor and theologian.
Henricus Martellus GermanusAuthor · Maps and atlasesHenricus Martellus Germanus was a German cartographer active in Florence between 1480 and 1496.
Hermann WagnerAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Wagner (23 June 1840 – 18 June 1929) was a German geographer and cartographer who was a native of Erlangen.
Johan Gabriel DoppelmayrAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Gabriel Doppelmayr (27 September 1677 – 1 December 1750) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer. (His surname is also spelled Doppelmayer and Doppelmair.)
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 Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Tobias Mayer (5 May 1752 – 30 November 1830) was a German physicist.
Johann ZahnAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Zahn (29 March 1641, Karlstadt am Main – 27 June 1707) was the seventeenth-century German author of Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium (Würzburg, 1685).
Johannes AventinusAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration from 19th century
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 von GmundenAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes von Gmünd is also the name of a 14th-century architect, see Basel Münster.
Josef NausAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Josef Naus in 1824 (drawing by H. v.
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.
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
Matthias RingmannAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthias Ringmann (1482–1511), also known as Philesius Vogesigena, was an Alsatian German humanist scholar and cosmographer.
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…
Samuel von SchmettauAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Samuel Graf von Schmettau
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.
Ubbo EmmiusAuthor · Maps and atlasesUbbo Emmius (5 December 15479 December 1625) was a German historian and geographer.
Wenceslaus HollarEngraver · PrintsWenceslaus Hollar (Václav Hollar (ˈvaːtslaf ˈɦolar), Wenzel Hollar; 13 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a Czech engraver, etcher and painter. He spent much of his life in England.
Wilhelm DilichAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Dilich, also known as Dilich-Schäffer, born Wilhelm Scheffer or Schöffer (1571, Wabern – April 4, 1650, Dresden), was a German master builder, engineer, woodcutter, copper engraver,…
Wilhelm SchickardAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Schickard is holding a hand planetarium (or orrery) of his own invention. It was painted in 1632, 8 years after his last calculating clock drawing.
William Gerard de BrahmAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn William Gerard de Brahm (1718 c. 1799) was a German cartographer, engineer and mystic.

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