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Biografier.

ANDERSSON, SAMUEL (KUMLIEN).

Född 1773 10/10 i Kumla sn (Västm.), död 1857 10/9 i Stockholm (Klara).
Kopparstickare. Son av nämndemannen Anders Christoffersson och Anna Samuelsdotter Kumlin. Inskrevs i Konstakademiens principskola i mars 1793, kallade sig då Samuel Kumblijn. Gravör vid Vetenskapsakademien 1805-29 och därefter stilgjutare i Rikets ständers bank. Graverade 1810-20 i samarbete med sonen Carl Christoffer en ny upplaga av D. K. Ehrenstrahls Certamen Equestre, se G. C. Eimmart.

Bland arbeten.
S. G. HERMELIN, Special kartor och ritningar till beskrifning öfver Sverige, Sthlm 1806: 2 kartor.
Karta öfver Elfsborgs höfdingdöme 1808.
Generalkarta över Göta kanal föreslagen till sammanbindande av Vänern och Vättern med Östersjön 1810.
N. G. WERMING, Kartor öfver svenska städer, u. o. [1806-19]: 4 blad, bl. a. Plan och läge af Oscars stad uti Wärmeland, 1811, och Special [karta] med belägenheten af Piteå, 1814.
D. K. Ehrenstrahls Certamen Equestre.


Hultmark, 1944.

BEATUS.


Spansk munk. Ihågkommen endast för sin världskarta från år 776.
Se artikel om Beatus världskarta.

CALWAGEN, ERICH

1733-1806. Born in Norrköping.
Dansk geograf, gav 1769 ut en geografisk karta över Medelpad.
Land Survey Apprentice 1749, commission surveyor for the Västernorrland region in 1757. Staff surveyor 1784 for Vasa county. Retired 1802.

Bland arbeten.
Karta över Medelpad.


Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.


Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936


'Carte géologique internationale de l'Europe.' - Berlin 1881-1913.

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Dudley Chase, Ernest.

Pictorial maps - maps with vignette illustrations on top of the geographical content - go back practically to the known beginning of cartographic history: Petroglyph maps dating from the Neolithic sometimes are found combining geographic features with representations of animals, people or dwellings.

Vignette insets or overlays are also found throughout the period of printed maps. But maps richly overlaid with small pictures are more commonly found from the 19th century onwards. (A notable exception is the Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus, published in Venice in 1539, which presents a depiction of Scandinavia with more than 100 small woodcut illustrations of animals, real and imagined, and of people pursuing all kinds of activities, such as hunting, fishing, skiing, etc.)

Ernest Dudley Chase was an exceptional creator of pictorial maps. Though he worked primarily as a graphic artist and businessman in the greeting card industry, Chase also designed, drew, and self-published more than 50 pictorial maps, each densely packed with detailed vignettes reflecting the areas portrayed. In this map of the United States, each state's capitol building is shown, as well as many other vignettes of buildings, famous sights (e.g. Niagra Falls, Hoover Dam) and pictures of people pursuing outdoor activities (fishing, horseback riding, panning for gold, etc.) appropriate to the particular region. In addition to the vignettes in the body of the map, there are 32 vignettes drawn in the blank areas outside the country's borders, mostly showing famous buildings, and 4 vignettes in the corners showing symbols of the country's natural bounty: a bull's head, a longhorn sheep's head, a sheaf of wheat, and a branch from a cotton plant.

Most of Chase's maps display a sense of humor. Though this map is mostly serious and respectful in its portrayal of the United States, the humor creeps in from time to time, such as the small collection of broken hearts outside of Reno, Nevada.

Since Chase published and sold his maps on his own, many of them bear his manuscript signature, as can be seen in the bottom margin, at the left, in this example.

In March, 2003 the Harvard Map Collection presented an exhibit of the pictorial maps of Ernest Dudley Chase, curated by Joseph Garver. The Boston Map Society met on the opening night, and the members were given a guided tour of the exhibit.

To see more online images of Chase's maps, click here to go to the Harvard Library online catalogue (Hollis), enter 'Ernest Dudley Chase' in the 'Search For' field, and click 'Search'. Follow the 'Internet Links' to see images for the individual maps.
Bland arbeten:
A Pictorial Map of North America 1945.
A Pictorial Map of South America 1942.

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