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.
Fransk kopparstickare i början av 1700-talet. Han arbetade mest med skriftgravering, men utförde även kartor för ett flertal atlaser.
Phillips. - Thieme-Becker.
1726-86
Fransk kartograf, son till ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, GILLES. Han verkar ha gått i sin fars fotspår som kunglig geograf och hade dessutom titeln 'censeur royal'. Förutom nyutgåvor av faderns olika atlaser gav han 1785 ut 'Atlas de la France et de l'Europe'. Robert de Vaugondys atlas blev senare reviderad och utgiven på nytt av C. F. Delamarche.
Bland arbeten.
Atlas de la France et de l'Europe.
Nouv. biogr. gen. - Phillips.
Karta öfver Stockholm. - 1904.
'Stadsplanekontorets karta över Stockholm med omgivningar'. - 1927-1940.
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.)
