Springer, Johann Christoph Erich von.
Bland arbeten.
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
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...
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Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene.
1726-86
Fransk kartograf, son till ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, GILLES. Han verkar ha gått i sin fars fotspår som kunglig geograf och hade dessutom titeln 'censeur royal'. Förutom nyutgåvor av faderns olika atlaser gav han 1785 ut 'Atlas de la France et de l'Europe'. Robert de Vaugondys atlas blev senare reviderad och utgiven på nytt av C. F. Delamarche.
Bland arbeten.
Atlas de la France et de l'Europe.
Nouv. biogr. gen. - Phillips.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Bottenviken. - Petter Gedda 1694.
