Carl Van Verden (fl. c. 1718 - 1730) was a Dutch seaman in the employ of the Russian Navy during the early 18th century. Van Verden is best known for his important 1719 - 1721 mapping of the Caspian Sea, which was the most sophisticated and accurate that had been issued to date. A significant cartographic achievement, Van Verden's work on the Caspian led directly to Peter the Great's 1722 invasion of Baku and Derbent and Russian hegemony in the region. Despite his achievements in the Caspian, Van Verden was later passed up by the Tzar in favor of Vitus Behring for the commission to discover a Northeast Passage through the Russian Arctic.
Around 1718 the Russian Tzar, Peter the Great, sponsored a number of cartographic expeditions to the farthest reaches of his vast empire. Most of these were headed up by Dutch navigators, the most experienced and mercenary of the era. Carl Van Verden, a Dutch seaman, was commissioned as a Russian naval officer and assigned the task of mapping the Caspian Sea. Though we...
Bland arbeten.
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene.
Död 1679. Född och död i Amsterdam.
holländsk boktryckare och kartograf. Han drev sin fars affär vidare och gjorde nyutgåvor av dennes sjökartverk till vilka han delvis bifogade sina egna arbeten. Efter hans död fortsatte brodern Caspar Lootsman (se denne) verksamheten. Han gav även ut en engelsk översättning, 'Lighting Column' (1689-92) och en ny, utökad holländsk utgåva 1707.
Bland arbeten.
'Lighting Column.
Kleerkooper. - Phillips.
Se MAGNUS, OLAUS.
Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.
'Marstrand.' - Stockholm 1891.
