All map makers
We have produced a number of short guides covering cartographers (map makers) from the period 1400 - 1900. These are for the benefit of antique map collectors and other interested parties alike.
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Aaron Arrowsmith (1750 - 1823) George Bickham c.1704-1771 Rigobert Bonne (1729-1795) Emanuel Bowen (1714-1767) Georg Braun (1541-1622) / and Frans Hogenberg John Cary (c.1754-1835) Captain Greenville Collins (1669-1696) Guillaume De L'Isle (1675-1726) Frederick De Wit (1630-1706) Michael Drayton (1563-1631) William Faden (1750 - 1836) Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) Abraham Goos fl.1614-43 Sydney Hall (1818-1860) Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) Jan Jansson (1588-1664) Peter Van Den Keere (circa 1571-1646) Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) Herman Moll (1678-1732) Nicolas Blankaart (1625-1703) John Ogilby (1600-1676) Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Claudius Ptolemy (circa 85 A.D - circa 165 A.D) John Roque (1709-1762) Christopher Saxton (circa 1543 - circa 1610) John Seller (circa 1630-1697) John Senex (fl.1690-1740) Georg Matthäus Seutter (circa 1678 - circa 1757) Charles Smith (1800-1852) John Speed (1552-1629) Isaac Taylor (c.1720-1788) The Lafreri School Jacob Van Langeren / Thomas Jenner Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1518)