SÖK KARTOGRAFER, GRAVÖRER M.FL.

LIZARS, WILLIAM HOME.

1788-1859. Född och död i Edinburgh.
Skotsk målare och kopparstickare. Han fick sin första utbildning av sin far som var kopparstickare och förläggare. Han gick senare i skola hos målaren John Graham i Edinburgh. Han vann efter hand ett namn som målare och kopparstickare och utförde även bokillustrationer, anatomiska planscher m.m. för faderns, och senare broderns, förlag. Han var med och stiftade Royal Scottish Academy.

Dict. nat. biogr.

MELLIN, LUDVIG AUGUST von.

1754-1835.
Greve. Gjorde en världskarta 1773, blev major 1783. Vistades en period i St Petersburg. Gav ut en atlas över Livland, 'Liivimaa atlasest', 1798-1810 bestående av 14 kartor. Kartorna över Tallinn förstördes då Paldiski län och Tallinn län styrdes av en och samma guvernör under åren 1783-1796, efter 1796 så återskapades Harju län.

Sündis Tuhala mõisas, teenis Vene armees, osales aktiivselt balti poliitikas, avaldas arvukalt kirjutisi ajaloost, geograafiast, põllumajandusest jm. Laiemalt ja tänaseni tuntuks sai ta aga kartograafina. 1773. a sai Mellin kindralstaabi teenistusse Peterburis, osales mitmel sõjakäigul kuni läks majoriaukraadis 1783. a erru. Nüüd sai temast poliitikategelane - Liivimaa ülemkonsistooriumi direktor ja president, Liivimaa maanõunik jne. Muude tegemiste juures sai krahv Mellini suurtööks informatsioonirohke jääva väärtusega 'Liivimaa atlas' (ilmus 1798-1810), mis koosneb üld- ja 14. kreisikaardist. Atlasesse kuulus ka siin eksponeeritud Tallinna kreisi kaart. Tallinna ja Paldiski k...
Bland arbeten.
Liivimaa atlasest.

GOOS, PIETER.

1616-75.
Holländsk kartograf. Utmärkte sig som kopparstickare och verkade som sådan i Amsterdam, men är först och främst känd för sina sjökartverk. 'De Lichtende Colomne ofte Zee-Spiegel' som kom ut i 12 utgåvor 1654-88, och 'Zee-Atlas ofte Waer-Weerelt' som kom ut i 16 utgåvor under 10 år (1666-76). Som förläggare gav han ut ett flertal verk om navigation och besläktade ämnen.

Dutch cartographer and copperplate engraver based in Amsterdam. Famous for his marine maps in De Lichtende Colomne ofle Zee-Spiegel published 1654-88, and Zee-Atlas ofle Waer-Wereld published 1666-76. Goos also produced works on navigation.

Abraham Goos son, Pieter, continued and extended his father's business and became one of the group of well-known engravers of sea charts active in Amsterdam in the middle years of the seventeenth century. In common with Colom, Doncker and Jacobsz he published a pilot guide, the Zee-Spiegel, basing it on plates obtained from Jacobsz. This went through many editions in different languages under ...
Bland arbeten.
De Lichtende Colomne ofte Zee-Spiegel.
Zee-Atlas ofte Waer-Weerelt.

Nederl. biogr., X. - Wieder.Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.

Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.

Tekniska Högskolan i Stockholm - 'Sveriges Industri, dess Stormän och Befrämjare' ca 1900.

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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