Född 1783 (ej 1780) 12/12 i Stockholm (Jakob), död 1862 20/1 i samma stad (Ad. Fredr.).
Tecknare och gravör. Son av skomakaregesällen Peter R. och Maria Christina Friberg. Kom som gravör o. 1805 under handledning av Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch och utvecklade en ytterst rik produktion på detta område under 1800-talets förra hälft. Ägde och bebodde från o. 1820 till 1840 ett hus i kv. Bocken 15 i Jakobs församling. 1840 21/2 förvärvade R. för 8,000 rdr banco en fastighet i kv. Rundeln 2 vid Norrtullsgatan i Adolfs Fredriks förs., där han bodde till sin död.
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Ett 100-tal kartor.
Hultmark, 1944.
The first Buddhist world map printed in Japan and the prototype for all subsequent Buddhist world maps printed in Japan until the late nineteenth century. The author, Hotan (1654-1728) was a scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. The earliest known example in Japan is the Gotenjiku Zu (Map of the Five Indies) by the priest Jukai dating from 1364 and now preserved in Horyuji Temple in Nara. However Hotan’s map was revolutionary in being the first printed Oriental map to introduce detailed Western cartographic information into this traditional Buddhist cosmological view and attempt to merge the two together into a comprehensible form. Europe is depicted as a series of islands in the upper left of the image whilst South America is likewise another island in the lower right of the image. Africa is omitted completely. China and Japan are clearly defined in the upper right of the map. The popularity of the map is evidenced by the fact that although the map is dated 1710, it was reissued unchange...
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Nantanbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu [Map of the Universe as a result] [Kyoto: Uhei Bundaiken, Hoei 7 (1710)]
Sotheby's. Murogo & Unno, “The Buddhist World Map in Japan” in /M Xvi (1962); H. Cortazzi, “Island of gold, p.38 pl.48; Harley & Woodward, “The History of Cartography, 2.2, pp. 428ff and Fig. 11.59; Nanba, “Old Maps of Japan, p. 179 pl.8; K. Yamashita, “Japanese Maps of the Edo Period, pp. 32-33 ill.1.
1754-1835.
Greve. Gjorde en världskarta 1773, blev major 1783. Vistades en period i St Petersburg. Gav ut en atlas över Livland, 'Liivimaa atlasest', 1798-1810 bestående av 14 kartor. Kartorna över Tallinn förstördes då Paldiski län och Tallinn län styrdes av en och samma guvernör under åren 1783-1796, efter 1796 så återskapades Harju län.
Sündis Tuhala mõisas, teenis Vene armees, osales aktiivselt balti poliitikas, avaldas arvukalt kirjutisi ajaloost, geograafiast, põllumajandusest jm. Laiemalt ja tänaseni tuntuks sai ta aga kartograafina. 1773. a sai Mellin kindralstaabi teenistusse Peterburis, osales mitmel sõjakäigul kuni läks majoriaukraadis 1783. a erru. Nüüd sai temast poliitikategelane - Liivimaa ülemkonsistooriumi direktor ja president, Liivimaa maanõunik jne. Muude tegemiste juures sai krahv Mellini suurtööks informatsioonirohke jääva väärtusega 'Liivimaa atlas' (ilmus 1798-1810), mis koosneb üld- ja 14. kreisikaardist. Atlasesse kuulus ka siin eksponeeritud Tallinna kreisi kaart. Tallinna ja Paldiski k...
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Liivimaa atlasest.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
Össeby-Garns kyrka - Garnsviken - Åkers kanal - 1932.
Knight Leontiy Vassilievich Spafaryev (1765 - 30 January 1847) was a Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Navy. Spafaryev was Director of the Lighthouse Administration and cartographer of the Russian Admiralty.
Spafariev was an important contributor to the improvement of navigation along the Russian coasts. The first lighthouses in Russia were built during tsar Peter the Great's drive for reform and modernization at the beginning of the 18th century. However, it was only until the Administration of Lighthouses was created in 1807 that the Russian lighthouse system followed an organized pattern, becoming effective and efficient. This office was established by the Russian Navy and it began under the leadership of Leontiy V. Spafaryev.
As a cartographer, perhaps his most outstanding work is the 'Atlas of the Gulf of Finland', published in 1817. His name is spelt as 'Spafarief' or 'Spafarieff' in the United States.
The Spafaryev Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk and Spafarief Bay in the coast of Alaska were named after Leontiy V. Spafaryev.
Utgav i S:t Petersburg 'Atlas of the Gulf of Finland containing the South Coast, with the Islands from cape Luserort to Cronstadt with Light houses & Towers necessary to be known for sailing by night'. Denna atlas innehåller 12 större kartor varav flera utvikbara. Stor folio.
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Atlas of the Gulf of Finland containing the South Coast, with the Islands from cape Luserort to Cronstadt with Light houses & Towers necessary to be known for sailing by night.
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