MASSA [MASSART, MASSAERT], ISAAC.
Baptized October 7, 1586 in Haarlem, died 1643.
Dutch cartographer and traveller to Moscow.
Isaac Abrahamszoon Massa was a Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat, the envoy to Muscovy, author of memoirs witnessing the Time of Troubles and the maps of Eastern Europe and Siberia. Massa's experience in and knowledge of Muscovy transformed him into a Dutch 'Kremlinologist.' The Isaac Massa Foundation in Groningen aims to stimulate scientific and cultural contacts between the Russian Federation and the Netherlands.
Isaac Massa was born in a wealthy silk merchant's family that relocated from Liege to Haarlem before his birth. His ancestors could have been Italian huguenots who fled their homeland in the beginning of the Reformation. The family surname was also known as Massart, Massaert.
In 1601 Isaac left Haarlem for Moscow to assist the family trade. Isaac has been witness to the second half of Boris Godunov's reign that evolved into a civil war now known as the Time of Troubles. He survived the capture of Moscow by False Dmitriy I and left Russi...
Bland arbeten.
Plans of Moscow 1610, 1618;
N. Russia 1612 and
South Russia, used by Blaeu & Jansson.
Tooley.
1795-1876. Född och död i Hafslo.
Norsk officer och historiker. Blev 1811 officer och strax efter anställd som mättekniker vid 'Den Geografiske Opmaaling'. 1815-16 deltog han vid utarbetandet av den norska delen av den stora generalkartan över den skandinaviska halvön, utgiven 1826 av C.G. Forsell (se denne). Under åren 1817-43 var han lärare i kalligrafi och teckning vid Krigsskolan i Norge. 1825 utnämnd till kapten i armen men blev 1845 tvungen att ta avsked på grund av försämrad syn. Tillsammans med N.A. Ramm (se denne) utarbetade han de första länskartorna i Norge. - Munthe hade starka historiska intressen och bedrev omfattande studier av det gamla Norges geografi och stadsnamn, samt medeltidens släkthistoria. Författare av en rad avhandlingar. 1832 var han med om att stifta 'Samfundet for det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie'. Medlem av Vetenskapsakademin i Trondheim.
N. biogr. leks. - de Seue.
1770-1823.
Vallance arrived in Philadelphia from Glasgow Scotland early in 1791. He quickly established his reputation as one of the best engravers in the city. During this period he developed a friendship with James Thackara. In 1791 Vallance married Elizabeth Trenchard, a niece of Thackara's wife Hannah. A partnership with Thackara was established. He engraved banknotes and documents. In addition he was one of the founders, in 1774, of the Association of Artists in America. His wife Elizabeth died in 1798 at the age of 28. Four years later he married again to Margaret Pratt.
Washington Map Society.
Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936
Edvard Magnus' minne. - O. A. Mankell 1884.
Biografiska uppgifter:1725-1802. Född i Paris, död i Carrières de Charenton.
Fransk kopparstickare. Han lär ha skapat uppemot 1200 kartor, stadsplaner och liknande arbeten, bl a. för d'Anville (se denne) och Robert de Vaugondy.
(Thieme-Becker.)
