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Biografier.

TARDIEU, AMBROISE.

1788-1841.
Kartograf och gravör verksam för franska Depot de la Marine. Producerade flera atlaser, bland annat över en av Napoleons kampanjer. Han gjorde även den stora Atlas Hydrographique vilken publicerades i Paris 1822.

Bland arbeten.
Atlas Hydrographique.


BL.


ELLICOTT, ANDREW.

1754-1820.
Ellicott, a Quaker, was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His father was a prosperous miller whose family founded Ellicott City, Maryland in 1775. Andrew Ellicott was trained to be a mathematician and surveyor. He conducted several large surveys with David Rittenhouse, the Philadelphia astronomer, mathematician, and clockmaker. President Washington in 1791 asked Ellicott to survey the bounds of the District of Columbia. The following year Washington asked him to complete L'Enfant's plan for the city. Ellicott made some changes to L'Enfant's plan. He changed the alignment of Massachusetts Avenue, eliminated five short radial avenues, added two short radial avenues southeast and southwest of the Capitol, and named the city streets. In less than one month Ellicott had a plan ready for the engravers. A few months later Ellicott, like L'Enfant, found himself at odds with the Commissioners and resigned from the project.


Washington Map Society. Se även wikipedias artikel, 'Andrew Ellicott'.


HOMEM, DIOGO.


Kartograf. Gav ut en atlas i Portugal 1559


(RdeT.



Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.



Lagunda härad. 1860.


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MALLET, ALAIN MANESSON.

Biografiska uppgifter:1630-1706. Född och död i Paris.
Fransk ingenjör. Efter en tids verksamhet som militäringenjör hos kungen av Portugal återvände han till Paris och blev matematiklärare åt Ludvig XIV:s pager. 1671 utgav han ett militärtekniskt verk, 'Les travaux de Mars, ou l'art de la guerre'. Ett geografiskt verk i 5 band med en mängd kartor och planer, 'Description de l'Univers, contenant les différens systemes du Monde' utkom 1683 och i nyutgåva 1685. 1702 lät han utge 'La Géométrie pratique' i 4 band.

Description de L'Universe
His Description de L'Universe contains a wide variety of information, including star maps, maps of the ancient and modern world, and a synopsis of the customs, religion and government of the many nations included in his text. It has been suggested that his background as a teacher led to his being concerned with entertaining his readers. This concern manifested itself in the charming harbor scenes and rural landscapes that he included beneath his description of astronomical concepts and diagrams. Mallet himself drew most of the figures that were engraved for this book
Bland arbeten:
Les travaux de Mars, ou l'art de la guerre.
Description de l'Univers, contenant les différens systemes du Monde.
La Géométrie pratique.
(Nouv. biogr. gen.)

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