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Biografier.

BOWEN, THOMAS.

Död 1790.
Engelsk kartograf, son till BOWEN, EMANUEL. På uppdrag av regeringen graverade han kartor och skisser över Västindien efter kapten James Speers upptäckter. Runt år 1750 gav han ut vägkartor över distrikten runt London, 1776 'New projection of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres of the Earth' och 1778 en 'Accurate Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia'.


Bland arbeten.
New projection of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres of the Earth.
Accurate Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia.


Dict. nat. biogr.

BLONDEAU, ALEXANDRE.

1799-1828.
Kunglig gravör i Paris. Gravör åt först 'Dépôt de la Guerre' sedan åt 'Dépôt de la Marine'. Arbetade även åt bland annat Lapie och Delamarche.


Bland arbeten.
Dépôt de la Guerre.
Dépôt de la Marine.

ANDERSIN, A.


Lantmätare. Det blev först under 1670-talet som riksråden i Stockholm blev ordentligt medvetna om nödvändigheten av en genomgripande kartläggning utförd av lantmätare i de erövrade Östersjöprovinserna. Denna hade dittills skötts utifrån Riga. Men 1678 inrättades ett kontor i Narva. Genom att det delade lokalitet med fortifikationskåren, kom karteringen av hela området kring Finska vikens inre mot Ladoga att ske blandat civilt och militärt. Resultatet av denna gemensamma ansträngning blev en stor karta över Kexholms län - Ingermanland, som i dess slutliga, av lantmätaren A. Andersin renritade, skepnad visades på utställningen genom Kungl. Bibliotekets försorg. Denna karta från 1699 lät tsar Peter snabbt överföra till kopparstick av Adriaan Schoonebeck 1704.



Bland arbeten.
Karta Kexholms län - Ingermanland.


Kart & Bildteknik 2003:3, artikel Från Nyen till Hiddensee. Svensk kartläggning under 1600-talet. Av Ulla Ehrensvärd.


Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.


de la Motte - C. H. Tersmeden ca 1900.

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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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