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Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
Often called 'Donis' from a misapprehension of the title 'Donnus' or 'Donus' an abbreviated form of 'Dominus.
A fifteenth-century cartographer, place of birth, and date of birth and death unknown. The first allusion to him of authentic date is an injunction of Duke Borso d'Este (15 March, 1466) to his referendary and privy counselor, Ludovico Casella, at Ferrara, to have the 'Cosmographia of Don Nicolò' thoroughly examined and then to determine a recompense for it. The duke, on the thirtieth of the same month, called upon his treasurers for 100 florins in gold 'to remit as a mark of his appreciation to Donnus Nicolaus Germanus for his excellent book entitled 'Cosmographia''. On 8 April, 1466, the duke again drew thirty golden florins to present to the Rev. Nicolaus, who 'in addition to that excellent Cosmography' (ultra illud excellens Cosmographie opus) had dedicated to the duke a calendar made to cover many years to come ('librum tacuini multorum annorum'). The 'Cosmographia' as preserved in the Biblioth...
FISCHER, Nicolaus Germanus in Entdeckungen der Normannen in Amerika (Freiburg, 1902), 75-90, 113 sqq. (Eng. tr., London, 1903), 72-86, 108 sqq.
Född o. 1635 i Schweiz, enl. egen uppgift, död 1710, begr. 6/11 i Stockholm (S:t Olof).
Ur- och instrumentmakare. Träsnidare, kopparstickare och akvarellmålare. Tillhörde en i Augsburg bosatt släkt av guldsmeder och kopparstickare. Var verksam i Schweiz, då han i slutet av 1660-talet inkallades till Sverige av Olof Rudbäck d. ä. för att i Uppsala »betjena den studerande ungdomen förnämligast med matematiska och mekaniska instrumenter». Åtnjöt här från 1670 undervisning i »tekniska vetenskaper» av Rudbeck och stod under dennes speciella protektion. Uppbar för sin verksamhet vid universitetet från 1671 till åtminstone 1695 årligen »simplice stipendium» med 180 dlr smt. Arbetade samtidigt i Antikvitetskollegii tjänst »uthi urmakerij sampt utstickande af koppar, messing och trä». Tillsammans med sina fyra barn Anna Maria, Hans, Olof och Philip Jacob utförde han illustrationerna till Rudbecks Atland och 7-8.000 träsnitt för dennes Campi Elysii. Efter den stora branden i Uppsala 1702, som förstörde största delen av hans livsverk och gjorde honom utfattig, flyttade T. till Stockholm och var här för sit...
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O. RUDBECK, Atland eller Manheim, atlasbandet. Uppsala 1679: 7 kartor över Europa och Sverige.
Hultmark, 1944.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
'Karta öfver södra delen af Elfsborgs Län...' - Topografiska Corpsen 1860.
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.
- Se bild.
