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VANCE, D. H.


Vance har även ritat 'The World, on a Globular Projection...'. Stor världskarta graverad av James H. Young och utgiven hos Anthony Finley Philadelphia c:a 1830. Kartan är bara känd i två exemplar.


Bland arbeten.
Maps in Hart's Modern Atlas 1828.
Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhode Is. 1825.


Tooley. RdeT

THERSNER, ULRIK.

Född Kurkslätts socken i Finland d. 2 april 1779.
Militär, tecknare. Föräldrar: kapellanen Mikael Thersner och Johanna Dorph. - T. begynte redan vid sju års ålder sin militära bana, i det han då vardt antagen till skeppsgosse, i hvilken egenskap han tjänstgjorde under ryska kriget 1788-90. Sergeant vid arméns flotta 1794 och fänrik 1799, var han såsom informationsofficer vid Göteborgs eskader 1804 anställd att förrätta hydrografiska mätningar i Bohuslän. 1808 löjtnant i Fältmätningskåren, dit han blifvit förflyttad året förut, deltog han på skilda håll krigsoperationerna 1808-09, blef kapten 1810 och medverkade s. å. vid gränsregleringen mellan Sverige och Ryssland. Sedan han i 1813-14 års krig haft åtskilliga kommenderingar och sistnämnda år befordrats till major i Fältmätningsbrigaden, förrättade han bl. a. 1815-17 fältmätningar i Skåne. 1825 tog han afsked ur krigstjänsten med öfverstlöjtnants rang. - Bland elementen i hans ungdomsbildning hörde bl. a. att med grafstickeln frambringa åtskilliga småstycken. På egen hand förkofrade han sig gradvis i tecknin...
Bland arbeten.
Fordna och närvarande Sverige


Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Nordisk Familjebok, första utgåvan.

Caspar Henne(n)berg(er) (sometimes also 'Kaspar'.

1529 – 29 February 1600.
Was a German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer.
Hennenberger was born in a Franconian place given as Erlich (Erlichhausen?) and started to study Lutheran divinity at the University of Königsberg in 1550. In 1554 he began to work at the congregation of Georgenau and in Domnau. Probably in 1561 he moved to Mühlhausen, where he worked as a Lutheran Pastor for the next 29 years.
With the patronage of Duke Albert of Prussia Hennenberger published the first detailed map of Prussia in 1576, the book 'Kurze und wahrhaftige Beschreibung des Landes zu Preussen' (short and truthful description of the land Prussia) in 1584 and 'Erklärung der preußischen größeren Landtafeln oder Mappen' (explanation of the larger Prussian maps) in 1594.
In 1590 Hennenberger became the Pastor of the Large Hospital at Königsberg-Löbenicht, where he died in 1600. He was buried in the Hospital's Church.

Bland arbeten.
Kurze und wahrhaftige Beschreibung des Landes zu Preussen.
Erklärung der preußischen größeren Landtafeln oder Mappen.


Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.


'Östersjön Stenshuvud-Trelleborg.' - Stockholm 1942.

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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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