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.
fl. 1597.
Little is known of Wytfliet except that he was a native of Brabant, but there is no doubt about the importance of his only atlas, which was the first one printed to deal exclusively with America. Although its title indicated it to be a 'supplement to Ptolemy', Part 1 covered the history of the discovery of America and its geography and natural history and Part II consisted entirely of contemporary maps of America and a world map based on Mercator.
d'ANVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON.
1697-1782. Född och död i Paris.
Fransk geograf, Redan i sin tidigaste ungdom ägnade han sig åt geografiska och antika studier. 15 år gammal utarbetade han en karta över det gamla Hellas. 1727 gav han ut en karta över Afrika som följdes av 'Atlas de la Chine'. En 'Geographie Ancienne' kom i en rad utgåvor på olika språk fram till 1815, flera år efter hans död. Han utarbetade ett flertal kartor från alla jordens hörn, utgivna i samlingar utan speciella titelblad. Medlem av 'L'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres och L'Académie royale des sciences.'
Bland arbeten.
Atlas de la Chine.
Geographie Ancienne.
Nouv. biogr. gen. - Philips.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
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.)
