GERRITSZ [GERARD, GERARDUS, GHERRITSZOON van ASSUM].
Hessel 1581-1632.
Gerritsz was apprenticed to W. J. Blaeu as an engraver before starting in business on his own account. He worked closely with Petrus Plancius and his merit may be judged by the fact that he was appointed Cartographer to the Dutch East India Company in preference to Blaeu and subsequently held the same position in a newly formed West India Company. With the new company he came into touch with Johannes de
Laet for whom he prepared a number of new maps of America in the latter's Nieuwe Wereldt published in 1625. His most important early work was a chart showing Henry Hudson's discoveries in his voyage of 1610-11: it is the first to give an outline of Hudson's Bay and indicates Hudson's belief that he had found a way to the North West Passage.
Engraver, cartographer, publisher and bookseller, b. Assum, apprenticed as engraver to Blaeu, Cartographer to Dutch E. India Co. 1617, fl. 1607; from 1612 using sign 'in de Paskaert' or 'sub signo Tabulae Nauticae'. Addresses: (1) opt Water bij die oude Brug [1609...
Tooley.
Född 1782 25/12 i Stockholm, utbildad på Karlbergs krigsskola, fänrik vid Arméns Flotta 1798, avsked 1811 med löjtnants grad.
Johan Gustaf af Lund tillhörde en gammal soldatsläkt, Södermanlands regemente, där hans farfars far tjänstgjorde, hans farfar slogs vid Poltava och Bender, hans far såg strid i Pommerska kriget och adlades för medverkan i Gustav III:s kupp 1772. Han själv kom att tjänstgöra i Arméns flotta.
Johan Gustaf af Lund utförde ett antal aldrig utgivna kartor, bland annat den ovan nämnda kartan och kartor utförda under Finska kriget 1808-09.
Bland arbeten.
Manuskriptkarta över Bohuslän 1804.
Död 1858.
Se under Robert Laurie.
Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936
Rölleka, Achillea millefolium - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.
