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.
Deleuze, Jacques-Antoine-Henri
Var ansvarig för de ca 1030 artiklarna om botanik och naturhistoria i Yverdon-encyclopedin.
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Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
Död 1767.
Engelsk kartograf. Han började sin verksamhet som kartritare omkring 1720, utgav 1744-47 'Complete System of Geography' med 70 kartor, 1752 'Complete Atlas, or Distinct View of the Known World', 1758 'Atlas Minimus' och 1767 'Large English Atlas'. Han utförde även kartor för olika historiska verk och reseskildringar, och var kartgravör både för Kung George II av England och Ludvig XV av Frankrike.
Bland arbeten.
Complete System of Geography.
Complete Atlas, or Distinct View of the Known World.
Atlas Minimus.
Large English Atlas.
Dict. nat. biogr. [Ths.B.] - Phillips. - Tooley.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
von Ungern Sternberg - Tyskland ca 1800.
