1779-1868.
Son till Fredrik A. Akrel. Militär, kopparstickare, f. 13 jan. 1779 i Stockholm, inskrefs 1793 i Landtmäterikontoret, men öfvergick snart till Fortifikationen, där han 1796 utnämndes till konduktör. Under de följande tio åren utmärkte han sig som ingenjör vid åtskilliga viktiga arbeten, såsom Trollhätte (gamla) kanal- och slussverksbyggnad samt befästningsarbetena i Stockholms skärgård och vid Stralsund. 1806 fick han löjtnants grad vid den då inrättade Fältmätningskåren samt utnämndes 1807 till kapten i armén och lärare i fortifikation vid krigsakademien på Karlberg. På sistnämnda post inlade han genom förträffliga föreläsningar och afhandlingar stor förtjänst om den svenska militärbildningen. En öfversättning af hans Föreläsningar i fortifikation (1811) nyttjades en tid äfven vid militärskolorna i Ryssland. 1812 befordrades han till major i armén. Under Karl Johan deltog han såsom öfveradjutant i 1813 års tyska fälttåg mot Napoleon och var med i slagen vid Grossbeeren, Dennewitz och Leipzig, där han vid sto...
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Fordna och närvarande Sverige.
Voyage pittoresque au Cap Nord.
Resa i Propontiden.
Bref om Förenta staterna.
Reise durch Schweden.
Nordisk Familjebok, Uggleupplagan.
Var ansvarig för de ca 4200 geografiska artiklarna i Yverdon-encyclopedin.
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Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
Caspar Henne(n)berg(er) (sometimes also 'Kaspar'.
1529 – 29 February 1600.
Was a German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer.
Hennenberger was born in a Franconian place given as Erlich (Erlichhausen?) and started to study Lutheran divinity at the University of Königsberg in 1550. In 1554 he began to work at the congregation of Georgenau and in Domnau. Probably in 1561 he moved to Mühlhausen, where he worked as a Lutheran Pastor for the next 29 years.
With the patronage of Duke Albert of Prussia Hennenberger published the first detailed map of Prussia in 1576, the book 'Kurze und wahrhaftige Beschreibung des Landes zu Preussen' (short and truthful description of the land Prussia) in 1584 and 'Erklärung der preußischen größeren Landtafeln oder Mappen' (explanation of the larger Prussian maps) in 1594.
In 1590 Hennenberger became the Pastor of the Large Hospital at Königsberg-Löbenicht, where he died in 1600. He was buried in the Hospital's Church.
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Kurze und wahrhaftige Beschreibung des Landes zu Preussen.
Erklärung der preußischen größeren Landtafeln oder Mappen.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Sommarfibla, Leontodon Hispidus L. - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.
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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