Cartographer Collection

Sir Robert Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, c1600. Creator: Nicholas Hilliard
Sir Robert Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, c1600

Portrait of Petrus Bertius, Professor at Leiden, 1700-1732. Creator: Arnoud van Halen
Portrait of Petrus Bertius, Professor at Leiden, 1700-1732

Johan François Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt... 1885. Creator: Lovera
Johan Francois Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt, Chief of the Construction Department and Agent General of Immigration in Suriname, 1885

The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz, 1794-1795. Creator: Adriaan De Lelie
The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz, 1794-1795. In 1792, Gildemeester, a merchant, turned two large rooms at his house on Amsterdam's Herengracht into an art gallery

Geological Survey art room, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Geological Survey art room, [Washington, DC], between 1910 and 1920. [Map-making]

Portrait of Girolamo Ruscelli, 1566. Creator: Nicolo Nelli
Portrait of Girolamo Ruscelli, 1566

Map of California shown as an island, c 1650. Creator: Johannes Vingboons
Map of California shown as an island, c 1650. This map from around 1650 shows California as an island. A half-century would pass before Spanish explorers determined with certainty that California was

Carte re´duite des de´couvertes des Russes, entre l'Asie et l'Amerique, (1747?). This French map of Alaska, Siberia, and the North Pacific, published in 1747

General Map of Ekaterinoslav Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1821
General Map of Ekaterinoslav Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821

General Map of Kharkiv Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1821
General Map of Kharkiv Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Kharkiv Provinceis from a larger work

General Map of Tver Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1821
General Map of Tver Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Tver Provinceis from a larger work

General Map of Novgorod Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1821
General Map of Novgorod Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Novgorod Provinceis from a larger work

General Map of Bessarabia: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1821
General Map of Bessarabia: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Bessarabia is from a larger work

General Map of Minsk Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1821
General Map of Minsk Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Minsk Province is from a larger work

General Map of Vitebsk Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820
General Map of Vitebsk Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1820. This 1820 map of Vitebsk Provinceis from a larger work

General Map of Saint Petersburg Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820
General Map of Saint Petersburg Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1820

General Map of Livland Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820
General Map of Livland Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1820. This 1820 map of Livland Provinceis from a larger work

General Map of Courland Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820
General Map of Courland Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1820. This 1820 map of Courland Province is from a larger work

General Map of Vilnius Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820
General Map of Vilnius Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1820. This 1820 map of Vilnius Provinceis from a larger work

Mercator, (1512-1594), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Mercator, (1512-1594), 1830. Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) Belgian geographer, cosmographer and cartographer known for his 1569 world map of sailing courses with rhumb lines

The New Houses of Parliament - Sebastian Cabot before Henry VII, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - Sebastian Cabot before Henry VII, 1854. Sculpture by William Theed in the Palace of Westminster

Portrait of Arthur Carl Victor Schott (1814-1875), Before 1875. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Arthur Carl Victor Schott (1814-1875), Before 1875

Portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) - Examining the Wisconsin Meteorite, Circa 1868

Portrait of William Henry Holmes, 1890s. Creator: United States National Museum
Portrait of William Henry Holmes, 1890s

Julius Bien, 1886. Creator: George Da Maduro Peixotto
Julius Bien, 1886

Dr. William H. Holmes, 1931. Creator: Edmund Hodgson Smart
Dr. William H. Holmes, 1931

Trade Card for Thomas Jefferys, Engraver, Geographer, and Printseller, 18th century

Vera Effigies Guilielmi Burton / L. L. Baccalaurei, 1657-58. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Vera Effigies Guilielmi Burton / L.L. Baccalaurei, 1657-58

Trade card for John Dower, geographical engraver and draughtsman, 19th century

Copying Maps, Photographic Headquarters, Petersburg, Virginia, March 1865

Captain Cook, (1728-1779), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Captain Cook, (1728-1779), 1830. James Cook (1728-1779) British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard

Americus, (1454-1512), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Americus, (1454-1512), 1830. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer. In 1507

Mr. Pine, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Mr. Pine, 1808, (1827). Portrait of English designer, engraver, and cartographer John Pine (1690-1756), depicted in the manner of Rembrandt, with a turban and fur collar

Amerigo Vespucci Discovering the Southern Cross with an Astrolabe, pub. 1600. Creator
Amerigo Vespucci Discovering the Southern Cross with an Astrolabe, from Nova Reperta, pub. 1600 (engraving)

Map of Spain, 1500, work by the Spanish cartographer and pilot Juan de la Cosa

Felix de Azara (1742-1821), Spanish naval officer

James Cook 1728-1779. - Stich nach dem Gemalde von Dance, 1934
James Cook 1728-1779, 1934. Captain James Cook FRS (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain in the Royal Navy. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

Natives Gathered Round Them, c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Natives Gathered Round Them, c1908, (c1920). Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), English navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent

Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), 1912. Artist: Gaetano Grazzini
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer, 1912. Vespucci first demonstrated that Brazil

Petrus Plancius, Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman, c1870. Artist: JH Rennefeld
Petrus Plancius, Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman, c1870. Plancius (1552-1622) was one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company, for whom he produced over a hundred maps

Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, (1870). Artist:s Freeman
Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, (1870). Gordon (1580-1661) is best known for his contributions to William Blaeus Great Atlas of Scotland

Reiner Gemma Frisius, Dutch astronomer, geographer, cartographer and mathematician, 1539. Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) holding an adjustable ring dial for determining the altitude of the Sun for

Peter Apian (1495-1552), German geographer, mathematician and astronomer. Apian established his reputation by issuing a world map in 1520, and the publication, in 1524

John Speed (1542-1629), English cartographer and historian, 1816. Speed is probably the most famous of British mapmakers. In 1612 he published The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain

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