1722-74.
Tysk astronom och fysiker. Född i Fürth, död i Ilowla, Ryssland. Redan som mycket ung blev han anställd som kartritare hos de Homannska arvingarna, senare även upptagen i firman. 1754 blev han professor i matematik i Göttingen, och 1767 blev han kallad till St. Petersburg som medlem av vetenskapsakademin där. Av Katharina II fick han i uppdrag att leda mätningen av Volgadistriktet, ett led i den första fullständiga kartläggningen av det ryska riket. Under arbetet blev han mördad av ryska kosacker. Av hans författarskap, som främst bestod av fysiska och astronomiska avhandlingar, kan nämnas 'Beschreibung der Nürnberger Erd- und Himmelsgloben' (1749).
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Beschreibung der Nürnberger Erd- und Himmelsgloben.
Allg. d. Biogr.
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.
The first Buddhist world map printed in Japan and the prototype for all subsequent Buddhist world maps printed in Japan until the late nineteenth century. The author, Hotan (1654-1728) was a scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. The earliest known example in Japan is the Gotenjiku Zu (Map of the Five Indies) by the priest Jukai dating from 1364 and now preserved in Horyuji Temple in Nara. However Hotan’s map was revolutionary in being the first printed Oriental map to introduce detailed Western cartographic information into this traditional Buddhist cosmological view and attempt to merge the two together into a comprehensible form. Europe is depicted as a series of islands in the upper left of the image whilst South America is likewise another island in the lower right of the image. Africa is omitted completely. China and Japan are clearly defined in the upper right of the map. The popularity of the map is evidenced by the fact that although the map is dated 1710, it was reissued unchange...
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Nantanbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu [Map of the Universe as a result] [Kyoto: Uhei Bundaiken, Hoei 7 (1710)]
Sotheby's. Murogo & Unno, “The Buddhist World Map in Japan” in /M Xvi (1962); H. Cortazzi, “Island of gold, p.38 pl.48; Harley & Woodward, “The History of Cartography, 2.2, pp. 428ff and Fig. 11.59; Nanba, “Old Maps of Japan, p. 179 pl.8; K. Yamashita, “Japanese Maps of the Edo Period, pp. 32-33 ill.1.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Hans Burgkmaiers Turnier-Buch. - Frankfurt 1853.
