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SPAFARIEFF, Leonty

Knight Leontiy Vassilievich Spafaryev (1765 - 30 January 1847) was a Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Navy. Spafaryev was Director of the Lighthouse Administration and cartographer of the Russian Admiralty.
Spafariev was an important contributor to the improvement of navigation along the Russian coasts. The first lighthouses in Russia were built during tsar Peter the Great's drive for reform and modernization at the beginning of the 18th century. However, it was only until the Administration of Lighthouses was created in 1807 that the Russian lighthouse system followed an organized pattern, becoming effective and efficient. This office was established by the Russian Navy and it began under the leadership of Leontiy V. Spafaryev.
As a cartographer, perhaps his most outstanding work is the 'Atlas of the Gulf of Finland', published in 1817. His name is spelt as 'Spafarief' or 'Spafarieff' in the United States.
The Spafaryev Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk and Spafarief Bay in the coast of Alaska...
Bland arbeten.
Atlas of the Gulf of Finland containing the South Coast, with the Islands from cape Luserort to Cronstadt with Light houses & Towers necessary to be known for sailing by night.

CRONSTEDT, CARL OLOF.

1756-1820.
King Gustav III's flag captain in a battle at Svensksund. Appointed state secretary for maritime affairs, later adjutant-general for the fleets. Fell out of favour and was demoted in 1801. When commandant of Sveaborg fortress in Helsinki in 1808, he ignominiously capitulated to the Russians.

Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.

BOWEN, EMANUEL.

Död 1767.
Engelsk kartograf. Han började sin verksamhet som kartritare omkring 1720, utgav 1744-47 'Complete System of Geography' med 70 kartor, 1752 'Complete Atlas, or Distinct View of the Known World', 1758 'Atlas Minimus' och 1767 'Large English Atlas'. Han utförde även kartor för olika historiska verk och reseskildringar, och var kartgravör både för Kung George II av England och Ludvig XV av Frankrike.
Bland arbeten.
Complete System of Geography.
Complete Atlas, or Distinct View of the Known World.
Atlas Minimus.
Large English Atlas.

Dict. nat. biogr. [Ths.B.] - Phillips. - Tooley.

Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.

Ahvenanmeri - Ålands hav. - Finland 1924.

GOOS, PIETER.

Biografiska uppgifter:1616-75.
Holländsk kartograf. Utmärkte sig som kopparstickare och verkade som sådan i Amsterdam, men är först och främst känd för sina sjökartverk. 'De Lichtende Colomne ofte Zee-Spiegel' som kom ut i 12 utgåvor 1654-88, och 'Zee-Atlas ofte Waer-Weerelt' som kom ut i 16 utgåvor under 10 år (1666-76). Som förläggare gav han ut ett flertal verk om navigation och besläktade ämnen.

Dutch cartographer and copperplate engraver based in Amsterdam. Famous for his marine maps in De Lichtende Colomne ofle Zee-Spiegel published 1654-88, and Zee-Atlas ofle Waer-Wereld published 1666-76. Goos also produced works on navigation.

Abraham Goos son, Pieter, continued and extended his father's business and became one of the group of well-known engravers of sea charts active in Amsterdam in the middle years of the seventeenth century. In common with Colom, Doncker and Jacobsz he published a pilot guide, the Zee-Spiegel, basing it on plates obtained from Jacobsz. This went through many editions in different languages under the startling titles so popular at the time. In addition to publishing his Zee-Spiegel in the usual Parts 1 and II (Europe and Atlantic coasts) and Part III (Mediterranean) he broke new ground in preparing Parts IV and V, covering charts and sailing directions for the coasts of the West Indies and West Africa. The later editions of the Zee Atlas were published by his widow who eventually sold the publishing rights of the Atlas and of the Zee-Spiegel to Jacobus Robijn.
Bland arbeten:
De Lichtende Colomne ofte Zee-Spiegel.
Zee-Atlas ofte Waer-Weerelt.
(Nederl. biogr., X. - Wieder.Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.)

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