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Biografier.

JEFFREYS, THOMAS.

Död 1771.
Engelsk geograf och kartograf. Han var en duktig landskapsmålare och kopparstickare som etablerade ett kartförlag i London och gav ut en rad specialkartor och atlaser över engelska områden, Amerika, Västindien etc. Han gav även ut en rad geografiska verk och fick titeln 'Geographer to the King' (George III). Han intresserade sig framförallt för amerikanska farvatten, och sysselsatte sig bl.a. med 'The Great Probability of a North-West Passage' (1768). Efter hans död utkom 1775 ett stort sjökartverk: 'The North American Pilot', utgiven under tillsyn av den berömde upptäcktsresanden, kapten James Cook.
Bland arbeten.
The Great Probability of a North-West Passage.
The North American Pilot.


Dict. nat. biogr.

PERSONNE, LORENS EDVARD.

Född 1790 28/1 i Stockholm (Klara), död 1822 26/3 i samma stad (Hovförs.).
Kartgravör. Son av hovkamreraren Johan Magnus P. och Beata Elisabeth Bjurman. Elev av kartgravören Carl Gustaf Lundgren 1810 samt vid Konstakademien från 1811.

Bland arbeten.
N. G. WERMING, Kartor öfver svenska städer, u. o. [1806-19]: 40 blad, bl. a. Belägenheten omkring Kongelf 1808. 1809 års riksgräns emellan Sverige och Ryssland. Belägenheten af Säter 1811. Belägenheten af Strömstad 1814. Belägenheten af Sköfde 1816. Plan och läge af Stockholm 1818.
Archiv af nyare resor till lands och sjöss, I-VI, 1810-11: ett 10-tal kartor och planer över bl. a. Kanarieöarna och Konstantinopel.
Planes et cartes á 1’histoire universelle, 1811, kpst.
E. G. GEIJER, De pugna Pultavensi, diss., resp. C. F. Wrede, Uppsala 1818: karta över Karl XII:s marscher 1700-09 samt plan över Poltava.


Hultmark, 1944.

KULLENBERG, MÅRTEN.

1695-1753.
Pilot director and commander in Karlskrona. Married a sister of Olof von Rajalin.


Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin].


Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734


'Estats de Pologne Suboivisés suiuant l'estendue des Palatinats...' - Jaillot 1681, P. Mortier ca 1711.

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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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