c. 1703-66
HENDRIK DE LETH (THE YOUNGER) ft. 1788
Engraver, publisher and painter, active in Amsterdam, worked for the Visscher family and eventually took over the business. De Leth is better known as an artist and engraver than as a cartographer although his historical atlas of the Netherlands was a very popular work. His son, Hendrik de Leth (the Younger), published a World Atlas in 1788.
1754-1825.
L'Enfant was born in Paris where he trained to be an architect. He came to America in 1777, and served George Washington as an engineer during the Revolutionary War. In 1791 President Washington asked L'Enfant to design the new capitol city in the District of Columbia. L'Enfant designed a city similar in layout to the then French capitol city of Versailles. The Capitol in Washington sits in a position similar to that of the palace in Versailles, the White House (originally called the President's House) in the position of Grand Trianon, and the Mall is like the Parc. The Commissioners of the City of Washington wanted to have a printed copy of the plan when they began to sell building lots. L'Enfant irritated them by working slowly and releasing only sketchy plans . On instruction from President Washington, Thomas Jefferson on February 27, 1792 wrote a letter to L'Enfant dismissing him as city planner. L'Enfant died penniless and was buried on a friend's estate. In 1909 his remains were moved to Arlington Natio...
Washington Map Society. Se även wikipedias artikel, 'Pierre Charles L'Enfant'.
1724-93.
Engelsk kartförläggare, troligen son till BOWLES, JOHN. Han gav ut flera atlaser, 'Bowles's Post-chaise Companion' (1782), 'New Medium English Atlas' (1785), och samma år 'Pocket Atlas'. Hans produktion av enkla kartor var troligen omfattande.
Bland arbeten.
Bowles's Post-chaise Companion.
New Medium English Atlas.
Pocket Atlas.
Brown, s. 354. - Phillips. - Tooley.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Walpole House, elevation - Campbell, Colen
