SÖK KARTOGRAFER, GRAVÖRER M.FL.

d'AUBERT, BENONI.

1768-1832. Född i Köpenhamn, död i Christiania (Oslo).
Norsk officer. Officer i 'Ingenjörskorpsen'. 1790 kom han till Norge där han tillsammans med kaptenlöjtnant C.F. Grove (se denne) och löjtnant N.A. Wibe (se denne) utförde den första trigonometriska trianguleringen av den norska kusten. Vid avslutandet av detta arbete blev han år 1800 stationerad i Kristiansand som ingenjörsofficer. 1803 blev han kapten och 1810 major och förste direktör för 'Den kombinerade militära och ekonomiska uppmätningen' (senare 'Norges Geografiske Oppmåling'). Denna befattning hade han till den dag han dog. 1815 blev han dessutom chef för Ingenjörskorpsen och år 1818 generalmajor.

N. biogr. leks. - de Seue.

GJESSING, SÖREN CHRISTIAN.

1812-97. Född i Oddernes, död i Christiania (Oslo).
Norsk officer. Blev officer 1827, från 1834 var han i artilleriet. 1849 blev han stabskapten, 1860 överstelöjtnant och 1880 överste. 1839-63 var han anställd vid 'Norges Geografiska Opmaaling' som konstruktör av länskartor. Under denna tid utarbetade han kartor över Christiania (Oslo), Buskerud, Bratsberg, Nedenes, Lister och Mandahl samt Stavanger län, de flesta i 2 eller 3 blad. - Författare till flera avhandlingar om militära frågor. Medlem av Vetenskapssällskapet i Trondheim.

Bland arbeten.
Kartor över Christiania (Oslo), Buskerud, Bratsberg, Nedenes, Lister och Mandahl samt Stavanger län.

N. biogr. leks. - de Seue.

Frisius, Gemma. [Reinerszoon, Jemme.]

9 december 1508 - 25 maj 1555.
Gemma Frisius was a physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.
Frisius was born in Dokkum, Friesland (present-day Netherlands) of poor parents, who died when he was young. He moved to Groningen and studied at the University in Leuven beginning in 1525. He received the degree of MD in 1536 and remained on the faculty of medicine in Leuven for the rest of his life. His oldest son, Cornelius Gemma, edited a posthumous volume of his work and continued to work with Ptolemaic astrological models.
While still a student, Frisius set up a workshop to produce globes and mathematical instruments. He became noted for the quality and accuracy of his instruments, which were praised by Tycho Brahe, among others. In 1533, he described for the first time the method of triangulation still used today in surveying. Twenty years later, he was the first...
Bland arbeten.
(Cosmographia (1529) von Petrus Apianus, annotated by Gemma Frisius)
De principiis astronomiae et cosmographiae (1530)
De usu globi (1530)
Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione (1533)
Arithmeticae practicae methodus facilis (1540)
De annuli astronomici usu (1540)
De radio astronomico et geometrico (1545)
De astrolabio catholico (1556)

Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734

Sylwander - C. H. Tersmeden ca 1900.

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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