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HÄLLSTRÖM, CARL PETTER.

1774-1836.
Appointed engineer at the Survey Office in 1801, but was not eligible for salary until a permanent position became vacant. In 1809 was commissioned lieutenant at the marine measurement corps and made supervisor at the Sea Charts Office. Known for his skill and great modesty.


Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.

Spielmann, Jacob Reinhold


Bland arbeten.
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.

HEBERT, LEWIS.


Engelsk kartritare i början av 1800-talet. 1809 ritade han kartor för Pinkertons (se denne) atlas. 1831 medverkade han vid framtagandet av en atlas över Kanada.


Phillips.


Karta öfver Stockholm. - 1904.


Skruvnate, Ruppia spiralis - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.

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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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