BAGROW, LEO (Lev Semenovich[tj] Bagrov).
1881-1957.
Mångsidig och kunnig karthistoriker. Grundade bl.a. tidsskriften 'Imago Mundi' vars första nummer utkom i Berlin 1935. Författare till viktiga arbeten inom kartografi. Bodde i Ryssland till 1918, i Berlin 1918-1945 och i Stockholm 1945-1957.
Läs bl.a. Vingboons' maps in Sweden samt Maps of the Neva river and adjacent areas in swedish archives .
Biografi under utarbetande. Kommer att läggas ut här.
1735-1813.
Lantmätare, verksam i Dalarna.
Bland arbeten.
Charta öfver Björnshytte masugnsvärks skog och inägor, med underliggande hemman och kolare torp, uti Stora Koppabergs höfdingedöme, Wästra Järnbergslagen och Grangärdes socken. Författad åren 1765, 1766, 1767 och 1772 af Nils Kiellström och Lars Henric Hilleström.
'Charta öfver Skommarbobys ägor. Författad år 1773 af Nils Kiellström och Lars H. Hilleström'. (1 karta och 1 beskrivning).
Charta öfver Tvistige Rågången Imellan Husby och Hedemora Soknar Uti Stora Kopparbergs Höfdingedöme Och Näsgårds Län Författad År 1773. af Ordinarie Landtmätaren Nils Kjellström och Commiss. Landtmät: L: H: Hilleström. Afritad i Kongel: General Landtmäteri Contoiret År 1776, af Jon: Brodin
Falun. Charta öfver Staden Falun och Stora Kopparbergs Grufwa. Författad Åren. 1780, 1781 och 1782 af L.H.Hilleström. Transporterad År 1800. Stora. Kopparbergslagets Respective Ledamöter i ödmjukhet tillegnad af Carl. Linderberg. Gravyr i färg. Tryckt år 1800.
Kort beskrifning öfver staden Falun och Stora Kopparbergs grufvan, med bifogade kartor och vuer. Utgifven af Carl Linderberg ... Stockholm, tryckt hos Carl Delén, 1804.
'Charta öfwer Tuna Hästbergs Grufskog, Tillika med en å Laxsjö sidan Pretenderad Skogstrand emot Tuna Socken, uti Stora Kopparbergs Höfdingedöme, Säthers Län. Och ofvannämde Socken belägne, Författad år 1787 Af Lars Henric Hilleström'.
1490-1557. Född i Linköping, död i Rom.
Svensk präst och författare. Under åren 1510-17 studerade han vid tyska universitet och fick en magistergrad. Han innehade senare ett antal olika teologiska ställningar i Sverige och blev även nyttjad som diplomat av Gustav Vasa. Vid Sveriges övergång till protestantismen blev han avsatt från sitt ämbete och tvingades i landsflykt. Då brodern Johannes Magnus 1545 dog fick Olaus Magnus titeln ärkebiskop över Sverige. Från 1545 var han svensk delegat vid kyrkomötet i Trient och arbetade ihärdigt för att få den katolska kyrkan upprättad i Norden. Studier av Nordens historia upptog hans tid under ett antal år. 1539 gav han ut sin stora karta 'Carta Marina' som innebar en väsentlig förbättring av kartbilden över de skandinaviska länderna och 1555 fullföljde han sitt främsta verk 'Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus'. Verket vann stor popularitet och utkom senare i en rad utgåvor på flera olika språk. Bokens rika illustrationer gör att den idag är en ovärderlig källa till 1500-talets kulturhistoria. Olaus Magnus...
Bland arbeten.
Carta Marina.
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
Aske - Nay 1881.
MASSA [MASSART, MASSAERT], ISAAC.
Biografiska uppgifter:Baptized October 7, 1586 in Haarlem, died 1643.
Dutch cartographer and traveller to Moscow.
Isaac Abrahamszoon Massa was a Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat, the envoy to Muscovy, author of memoirs witnessing the Time of Troubles and the maps of Eastern Europe and Siberia. Massa's experience in and knowledge of Muscovy transformed him into a Dutch 'Kremlinologist.' The Isaac Massa Foundation in Groningen aims to stimulate scientific and cultural contacts between the Russian Federation and the Netherlands.
Isaac Massa was born in a wealthy silk merchant's family that relocated from Liege to Haarlem before his birth. His ancestors could have been Italian huguenots who fled their homeland in the beginning of the Reformation. The family surname was also known as Massart, Massaert.
In 1601 Isaac left Haarlem for Moscow to assist the family trade. Isaac has been witness to the second half of Boris Godunov's reign that evolved into a civil war now known as the Time of Troubles. He survived the capture of Moscow by False Dmitriy I and left Russia in 1609, before the fall of tsar Vasily Shuysky. Massa compiled an account of 1601-1609 events (Dutch: Een cort Verhael van Begin en Oorspronk deser tegenwoordighe Oorloogen en troeblen in Moscovia totten jare 1610) presented to Stadtholder Maurice and reproduced in print in the 19th century.[3] In 1612-1613 Massa published two articles on Russian events and the geography of the Land of Samoyeds, accompanied with a map of Russia, in an almanac edited by Hessel Gerritsz. His notes on his various travels have been published in conjunction with maps by Henry Hudson.
These articles were translated and reproduced in European languages anonymously, because the author's name was removed in early Dutch reissues. The most complete translations were issued in Russian in 1937 (reissued in 1997) and in English in 1982. Massa's writing was based on an underlying concept of indispensable punishment for sins. Godunov, False Dimitri and the nation itself all paid for their mortal sins (Massa was confident that Godunov killed Feodor I and the real Tsarevich Dimitri). Russian sources consider him the least biased of contemporary Western witnesses, and a very well informed one (his comtemporary, Jacob De la Gardie, characterized Massa as 'extremely artful in learning other people's secrets').
Massa is credited with five published maps of Russia and its provinces, the last ones compiled around 1633, and two maps of Moscow city, including the schematic account of 1606 battle between Vasily Shuysky and Ivan Bolotnikov's armies. Retrieving original muscovite maps could have been dangerous for Massa himself and fatal for his Russian sources. Massa's rendition of the Siberian coast represented an advance in geography and for decades remained the only map of this region. It was subsequently copied by Mercator and Hondius, Jan Janssonius and Willem Blaeu.
In 1614 Massa returned to Moscow, this time accompanied by his brothers, as an envoy of States-General of the Netherlands to obtain an exclusive trade agreement similar to the recent Dutch-Ottoman treaty, as well as investigate the trade routes into Persia. Not only had the Dutch been keen to purchase grains but also persian silks. These had, equally so, been exported via Archangelsk. At the time Russian people showed great interest in artillery compounds such as lead and gunpowder. An average of 30 ships sailed each year to Archangelsk, a harbour near the White Sea - unfortunately during 1619 a fire broke out and destroyed the city completely, thereby ruining Massa's inventory. Additionally, upon his return Massa's ship encountered a heavy storm near Lapland.
In 1623/24 Massa was called upon by the Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) to become an agent for Moscovia. However, his appointment proved to be a controversial one and drew serious opposition. He then made successful efforts to gain the interest of Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden to pursue trading grains with Russia. While nourishing the relationships between Russia and Sweden, he was knighted by the Swedish King in 1625 for his arduous efforts. One year later, in 1626, he attempted to gain exclusive rights on the trading of grains out of Russia.
Massa promoted the idea of setting up a trading cartel similar to the English Muscovy Company, but internal problems in the Netherlands delayed consolidation of traders into 1628. During his next voyage, in 1629, he travelled to Moscow to pave the way for his friend Elias Trip who by then had initiated a consortium. Massa indiscreetly advised Michael I of Russia and Michael's father, Filaret (the Patriarch of Moscow) of the internal affairs of the Dutch Republic. By doing so he attempted to tarnish the reputation of his competitors and personal opponents.
Because of the ongoing war between Sweden and Poland no grain could be exported through the city of Dantzig. One of his opponents, Klenck, himself a wealthy merchant trading in caviar, was given Russia's permission to export 10 or 12 cargo loads of rye meal. Meanwhile Trip feigned to act on behalf of the Swedish Monarchy.
In 1630 the price of grain remained extremely high due to increasing competition. Albert Burgh tried to ensure a monopoly for the City of Amsterdam. At the same time, countries such as Sweden and England endeavered to do the same. Russian merchants tried to curtail trading by limiting import and export exclusively via Archangelsk. For the next two decades Massa combined diplomatic service with his own business.
Massa has been the subject of two portraits by Frans Hals - solo (1626) and with his wife (1622); the latter is considered unique in composition for the period; the novel composition was probably Massa's own design. Massa owned a country house near Lisse, next to his brother-in-law, Adriaen Maertensz Block. He was the protector of Johannes Symonszoon van der Beeck, a painter from Haarlem.
Bland arbeten:
Plans of Moscow 1610, 1618;
N. Russia 1612 and
South Russia, used by Blaeu & Jansson.
(Tooley.) - Se bild.
