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Biografier.

MOLETIUS, JOSEPH.

1531-88. Född i Messina, död i Padua.
Italiensk matematiker. Han var under en tid lärare åt Prins Vincent av Mantua och blev senare professor i matematik i Padua. Efter uppdrag hos påven Gregor XIII och stadsrådet i Venedig, utförde han 'Tabulas Gregorianas' som förbättring av kalendern. Förutom sin skickliga kommentarutgåva av Ptolomaeus gav han ut 'Tabulas geographicas' och 'Ephemerides coelestium motuum ab an. 1563 ad 1580'.

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Tabulas Gregorianas.
Tabulas geographicas.
Ephemerides coelestium motuum ab an. 1563 ad 1580.


Jöcher.

HAHN, JONAS.

1703-1759.
Admiralty lieutenant and pilot officer in Stockholm 1751. Had studied map production with the Van Keulen family firm in Amsterdam. In 1748, published a revised edition of Johan Månsson's classic book on Baltic shipping, under the title Johan Månsson 's revived ashes, or renewed sea markings book. .. with the addition of Shipping channels along the Kattegat and the Skagerrak (Johan Månssons uplifwade aska, eller des förnyade Sjömärkesbok... Jämte tilökning öfwer farwatnen uti Kattegatt och Skagerack).

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Johan Månsson 's revived ashes, or renewed sea markings book. .. with the addition of Shipping channels along the Kattegat and the Skagerrak .


Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.

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.

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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.


Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.


Köping - Munktorp - 1840/59.

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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.
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A Pictorial Map of North America 1945.
A Pictorial Map of South America 1942.

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