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RAJALIN, JOHAN von.

1715-1786.
Naval officer, serving under the Dutch flag in the 1730s. Took part in battles against Turkish pirates. Shipyard major, vice-admiral and in 1769, governor of Blekinge province.


Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.

TILLAEUS, PETRUS (PETTER).

Född 1679, död 11 februari 1754.
Son till kontraktsprosten och kyrkoherden i Rättvik Anders Tillaeus och Elisabet Dalborg. Petrus Tillaeus studerade vid Uppsala universitet 1699-1711 och blev sedan auskultant i Bergskollegium 1713.
'Stadsingenjör i Stockholm 1717, utnämndes han 1748 till rådman därstädes och afled d. 11 febru. 1754. Såsom stadsingenjör ådagalade han stor insiktsfullhet och inlade isynnerhet stor förtjänst genom utarbetandet af goda kartor. Väl bekant är den s. k. 'Tillaei karta', en General Charta öfver Stockholm med Malmarne, fullbordad 1731 i skalan 1:4000, och hvarå han på statsmyndigheternas hemställan erhöll kungligt privilegium för tio år. Kartan, den största som intill senaste tid utgifvits öfver Stockholm, trycktes 1733 med af staden försträckta penningar, och att den blef till belåtenhet framgår däraf, att staden 1750 såsom belöning för densamma tillerkände T. en summa af 2,000 dal. smt.' (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)

Bland arbeten.
Karta över Stockholm, efter P. Wallrave, 1733, utförd i samarbete med C. E. Bergquist och Erik Geringius, jämte porträtt av Fredrik I, efter M. Mijtens, kpst.
'Kartan - den intill senaste tid största väggkarta, som utgetts över Stockholm - är icke officiell i egentligaste mening, men hölls för ett 'autentiquet document', såsom överintendenten K. Hårleman kallade den i ett till K. M:t 1752 avgivet memorial. De tolv plåtarna, vilka ägdes av staden, översågs 1770 av P. G. Floding, som därvid tillät sig modernisera utseendet vid Riddarhustorget. Man kan således skilja mellan avdrag gjorda före och efter nämnda tidpunkt.'


Nordisk Familjebok, 2:a upplagan, band 29, Stockholm 1919.

Doppelmayr, Johannes Gabriel.

Nuremberg 1671.
An acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremburg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg. He visited astronomers in many countries, and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes “diagrams illustrating the planetary system of Copernicus, Tycho and Riccioli; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley’s cometary theory” (DSB).
Bland arbeten.
Atlas novus Coelestis. Nuremberg: Homann’s Heirs, 1742.
First edition, folio (560 x 390mm), engraved allegorical additional titles (plain), title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved index listing 30 subjects and 30 double-page engraved celestial charts and diagrams, some incorporating miniature world maps or spandrel illustrations of astronomical observatories, in contemporary hand colour and wash.
Doppelmayr, an acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremberg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg.
It is not surprising that Dopplemayr collaborated with Germany’s leading map publisher Johann Baptist Homann on both the terrestrial and celestial maps included in this atlas. He visited astronomers in many countries and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes “diagrams illustrating the planetary system of Copernicus, Tycho, and Riccilio; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Bouliaeu, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley’s cometary theory” (DSB IV, p. 166).


Sotheby's


Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.


Grodnate, Ranunculus peltatus - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.

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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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