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Biografier.

DUNN, SAMUEL.

Död 1794.
Engelsk matematiker och astronom. Född i Crediton, Devonshire, död i London. Innan han fyllde 20 år bedrev han privatundervisning i skrivning, räkning och navigation i sin födelsestad. 1751 slog han sig ner i London och även där försörjde han sig på att undervisa, dels i skolor, dels privat. 1757 skapade han en ny slags jordglob 'in plano', bestående av 4 stereografiska kartor. Till dessa gav han även ut en bruksanvisning. Han utvecklade ett rikt författarskap som spände över många fält, speciellt astronomi, matematik och navigation. Av hans böcker kan nämnas 'A new and general Introduction to practical Astronomy, with its Application to Geography... Topograhpy, etc.' (1775). 1774 gav han ut en 'New Atlas of the mundane System' med 62 vackert graverade kartor. Denna atlas kom senare i flera nyutgåvor.


Bland arbeten.
A new and general Introduction to practical Astronomy, with its Application to Geography... Topograhpy, etc.
New Atlas of the mundane System.


Dict. nat. biogr.

WIT (WITT), FREDERICK de.

Död 1712.
Son till Frederick de Wit d.ä. Var en skolad matematiker som förbättrade och ajourförde kartorna på många punkter och de blev mycket populära. Tog över faderns verksamhet.

SEULENBURG, HEINRICH von.


Tjänstgjorde i svenska fortifikationskåren. '.. var av balttysk härstamning och sedan 1632 stadsingeniör i Riga'.


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


Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734


Hertigdömet Hälsinglands vapen - Svecia Antiqua et Hodierna.

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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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