List of cartographers
This is a list of cartographers . This overview of the most important cartographers is sorted alphabetically by surname. Occasionally, publishers and company names were also included. In some cases the time of the activity was given instead of the life data. The list does not claim to be up-to-date or complete.
Overview
A.
- Peter van der Aa (1659-1733)
- Abraham Allard (1676-1725)
- Carel Allard (1648-1709)
- Hugo Allard (d. 1691)
- Jost Amman (1539–1591)
- Peter Anich (1723–1766)
- Peter Apian (1495-1552)
- Philipp Apian (1531–1589)
- Erik Arnberger (1917–1987)
B.
- Martin Behaim (1459–1507)
- Jacques Nicolaus Bellin (1703–1772)
- Jacques Bertin (1918-2010)
- Pierre Bertius (1565-1629)
- Johann Blaeu (1596–1673)
- Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638)
- Gabriel Bodenehr the Younger (1664–1758)
- Rigobert Bonne (1727–1795)
- Emanuel Bowen (1714–1767)
- Theodor de Bry (1528–1598)
C.
- Bernhard Cantzler (approx. 1563–1629)
- César-François Cassini (1714–1784)
- Daniel Cellarius (active 1578–1593)
- Johannes Clericus (= Leclerc) (1657–1736)
- Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718)
- Johann Covens (publisher, active around 1730, together with P. Mortier)
D.
- Justus Danckerts (active 1630–1695)
- Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726)
- Carl Diercke (1842–1913)
- Paul Diercke (1874–1937)
- Jeremiah Dixon (1733–1779)
- Guillaume-Henri Dufour (1787–1875)
E.
- Max Eckert-Greifendorff (1868–1938)
- Martin Engelbrecht (1684–1756)
- Erhard Etzlaub (1460–1532)
F.
- Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720)
- Richard Finsterwalder (1899–1963)
G
- Georg Gadner (1522–1605)
- Eduard Gaebler (1842–1911)
- Johannes Michael Gigas (1580– after 1650)
- Luigi Guicciardini (1523–1589)
- Hans Conrad Gyger (1599–1674)
H
- Hermann Haack (1872–1966)
- Günter Hake (1922-2000)
- Caspar Henneberg (1529–1600)
- Franziscus Hogenberg (1535–1590)
- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677)
- Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)
- Homann's heirs (active 1730–1813)
- Hendrik Hondius (1573-1650)
- Jodocus Hondius , Sr. (1563-1612)
- Jodocus Hondius , jun. (active around 1619)
- Blasius Hueber (1735–1814), the first two peasant cartographers
I.
- Xaver Imfeld (1853–1909)
- Eduard Imhof (1895–1986)
J
- Bernard-Hyacinthe Jaillot (1673-1739)
- Charles-Hubert Alexis Jaillot (approx. 1632-1712)
- Johann Janssonius (1588–1664)
- Jost Janszoon Janssonius (1613–1655)
- Jan Janszoon Janssonius (1618–1657)
- Janssonius-Waesberge , Kartogr. Company (active 1693–1750)
- Cornelis de Jode (1568–1600)
- Gerard de Jode (1508–1591)
- Pieter de Jode , the Elder (1570–1634)
- Louis Joliet (1645-1700)
K
- Gerard van Keulen (active 1704–1726)
- Johannes van Keulen , jun. (1696–1763)
- Blasius Kozenn (1821–1871)
L.
- Johannes de Laet (1581–1649)
- Antoine Lafreri (1512–1577)
- Wolfgang Lazius (Latz) (1514–1565)
- Jean Le Clerc the Younger (1619–1642)
- Jean Le Clerc dM (1560-1621)
- Edgar Lehmann (1905–1990)
- Georg Louis Le Rouge (active before 1778)
- Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726)
- Joseph-Nicolaus Delisle (1688–1768)
- Conrad Tobias Lotter (1717–1777)
- Matthäus Albrecht Lotter (1741-1810)
M.
- Adriaen Matham (1593-1660)
- Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706)
- Gottfried Mascop (died after 1577)
- Charles Mason (1728–1786)
- Johannes Mejer (1606–1674)
- Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594)
- Rumoldus Mercator (1541–1600)
- Matthäus Merian , d. Ä. (1593-1650)
- Matthäus Merian , d. J. (1621-1687)
- Hermann Moll (approx. 1654–1732)
- Pieter Mortier (1661-1711)
- Johann Christoph Müller (1742–1793)
- Johann Christoph Müller the Elder Ä. (1673-1721)
- Johann Christoph Müller (1773-1821)
- Sebastian Münster (1488–1552)
N
- Jean Baptise Nolin d. Ä. (1657-1708)
- Jean Baptise Nolin d. J. (1686-1762)
O
- Matthias Oeder (d. 1614)
- Rudi Ogrissek (1926–1999)
- Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598)
- Joachim Ottens (active 1677–1711)
P
- Arno Peters (1916-2002)
- August Petermann (1822–1878)
- Karl Peucker (1859-1940)
- Wolfgang Pillewizer (1911–1999)
- Moses Pitt (active 1654–1695)
- Zuane Pizzigano (at the beginning of the 15th century)
- Joseph Plepp (1595–1642)
- Georg Balthasar Probst (1673–1748)
- Claudius Ptolemy (87-150)
Q
- Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach (1557–1613)
R.
- Jacob Ramminger (1535-1606)
- Piri Reis (around 1470–1554)
- Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766-1820)
- Daniel Gottlob Reymann (1759–1837)
- Diego Ribero (d. 1533)
- Giovanni Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni (1736–1814)
- Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1686–1766)
- Giovanni Giacomo Rossi (active 1649)
S.
- Jakob von Sandrart (1630–1708)
- Nicolas Sanson d'Abbéville, senior (1600–1667)
- Nicolas Sanson the Elder J. (around 1626-1648)
- Guillaume Sanson d'Abbéville, Sr. (1633-1703)
- Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514)
- Petrus Schenk (1660-1711)
- Peter Schenk the Younger (1693–1775)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Graf von Schmettau (1743–1806)
- Johannes Schöner (1477–1547)
- Thomas Schöpf (1520–1577)
- Johann Georg Schreiber (1676–1750)
- Bartholomäus Scultetus (around 1540-1614)
- John Senex (active 1719–1740)
- Matthäus Seutter d. Ä. (1678–1757)
- Matthäus Seutter d. J. (1729-1760)
- Christian Sgrothen (around 1525–1603)
- Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann (1754-1840)
- John Speed (1552-1629)
- Daniel Specklin (1536–1589)
- Georg Ludwig Stäbenhaber (1640–1708)
- Tilemann Stella (1525–1589)
- Adolf Stieler (1775–1836)
- Johann Stridbeck the Younger (1665–1714)
T
- Inō Tadataka (1745-1818)
- Valentin Thau (1531–1575)
- Isaac Tirion (active 1705–1765)
- Curt Treitschke (1872-1946)
- Paul Trenckmann (1676–1747)
- Konrad Türst (1450–1503)
V
- Gerard Valck (1651-1726)
- Amerigo Vespucci (1451 / 1454-1512)
- Georg Matthäus Vischer (1628–1696)
- Nicolaus Vischer (1618–1679)
- Nicolaus Vischer , jun. (1650–1702)
W.
- Martin Waldseemüller (around 1472 / 1475–1520)
- Christoph Weigel the Elder (1654–1725)
- Johann Christoph Weigel (1661–1726)
- Karl Wenschow (1884–1947)
- Frederik de Wit (d. 1706)
- Frederik de Wit (1616–1689)
Z
- Adam Friedrich Zürner (1679–1742)