SÖK KARTOGRAFER, GRAVÖRER M.FL.

Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel.

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).
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.

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COMENIUS [COMENIO, KOMENSKY], JOHAN AMOS

1592-1670.
Czech cartographer and priest.
Moravia 1627 used by Hondius, Visscher & Blaeu.

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Moravia 1627.

Tooley.

Tollin, Ferdinand.

Född i Gävle 1807 eller 1808. Död i Schweiz 1860.
En svensk uppfinnare, ingenjör, konstnär (tecknare och grafiker) och Stockholmsskildrare. Han är representerad på Nationalmuseum.
Tollin tecknade politiska karikatyrer som han gav ut i litograferade album.
Tollin publicerade 1845 under pseudonymen J. L. Nygren en bok under namnet Hjelpreda för lånsökande. Boken förtecknade diverse ockrare i Stockholm, däribland Claes Christer Horn, greve och ståthållare på Stockholms slott, och C. R. af Robsahm, major och riddarhusledamot. Boken utkom i tre upplagor, men sedan blev Tollin åtalad för ärekränkning och flydde från Sverige, först till Tyskland och sedan till Schweiz.
I Tyskland gjorde han illustrationer till läroböcker i fäktning och var fäktmästare. Han hamnade senare i Genève. I mitten på 1800-talet tog han ut ett patent på en slagvingedriven flygmaskin, och 1852 gav han i Genève ut skriften L'aéronautique d'après nature. Science positive nouvelle et son application pratique, vilket har medfört att han kallats 'den förste svenske flygteknikern'. Han fö...
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Ringaren i Notre Dame 1844.
Kungliga begrafningen och kröningen 1844.
Panorama från Mosebacke 1844.
Hjälpreda för lånesökande 1845.
Neue illustrirte fechtschule 1851.
L'aéronautique d’après nature. Science positive nouvelle et son application pratique, Genève, Schweiz, 1852.

Nordisk Familjebok, andra upplagan.Svenskt Biografiskt handlexikon.

Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.

Haparanda - Stockholm 1923.

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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