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SURHON[IUS] [SURHONIO, SURCHON-], JEAN and JACQUES.


Cartographers, goldsmiths and engravers, b. Mons.

Bland arbeten.
Hainault 1548 (used by Ortelius 1579.
Hondius 1633).
Luxembourg 1551.
Namur 1553.
Artois 1554.
Picardy 1557 (used by Ortelius 1559).
Vermandois 1577 (used by Blaeu 1631).


Tooley.


CLOUET, JEAN-BAPTISTE LOUIS.

Född 1730.
Fransk abbot och geograf. Gav 1780 ut 'Geographie moderne avec Introduction'. 1787 och 1791 kom nya utgåvor, korrigerade och utökade med kapten Cooks upptäckter. Medlem av 'L'Académie Royale des Scienses et Belle-Lettres' i Rouen.


Bland arbeten.
Geographie moderne avec Introduction.


Phillips.


Bonne, Rigobert.

1727–1795
One of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century.
In 1773 Bonne succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Working in his official capacity, Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne’s work represents an important step in the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a more detail oriented and practical aesthetic. With regard to the rendering of terrain Bonne maps bear many stylistic similarities to those of his predecessor, Bellin. However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses.
While mostly focusing on costal regions, the work of Bonne is highly regarded for its detail, historical importance, and overall aesthetic appeal.
Bland arbeten.
'Partie Occidentale du Canada'



Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.



'A New and Accurate Map of Bengal...' - London 1760.


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L'ENFANT, PIERRE CHARLES.

Biografiska uppgifter:1754-1825.
L'Enfant was born in Paris where he trained to be an architect. He came to America in 1777, and served George Washington as an engineer during the Revolutionary War. In 1791 President Washington asked L'Enfant to design the new capitol city in the District of Columbia. L'Enfant designed a city similar in layout to the then French capitol city of Versailles. The Capitol in Washington sits in a position similar to that of the palace in Versailles, the White House (originally called the President's House) in the position of Grand Trianon, and the Mall is like the Parc. The Commissioners of the City of Washington wanted to have a printed copy of the plan when they began to sell building lots. L'Enfant irritated them by working slowly and releasing only sketchy plans . On instruction from President Washington, Thomas Jefferson on February 27, 1792 wrote a letter to L'Enfant dismissing him as city planner. L'Enfant died penniless and was buried on a friend's estate. In 1909 his remains were moved to Arlington National Cemetery on a hill overlooking the capitol city.



(Washington Map Society. Se även wikipedias artikel, 'Pierre Charles L'Enfant'. )

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