Map-making and Print-making Reference
This section of the site comprises what we hope is an interesting and informative set of essays on print processes, map making, specific artists and engravers.
- Map Makers
- Nicolas Blankaart 1625-1703
- Charles Smith
- Guillaume De L'Isle (1675-1726)
- Isaac Taylor c.1720-1788
- John Roque (d.1762)
- Aaron Arrowsmith (1750 - 1823)
- Abraham Goos fl.1614-43
- Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598)
- Johann Baptist Homann (1663 - 1724)
- Christopher Saxton (circa 1543 - circa 1610)
- Claudius Ptolemy (circa 85 A.D - circa 165 A.D)
- Frederick De Wit (1630 - 1706)
- Emanuel Bowen (1714 - 1767)
- Gemma Frisius (1508-55)
- Georg Braun (1541 - 1622) And Frans Hogenberg
- George Bickham c.1704-1771
- Gerardus Mercator (1512 - 1594)
- G.M Seutter
- Captain Greenville Collins (1669 - 1696)
- Herman Moll (1678 - 1732)
- Jan Jansson (1588 - 1664)
- Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 - 1638)
- Jodocus Hondius (1563 - 1612)
- John Cary (c.1754 - 1835)
- John Ogilby (1600 - 1676)
- John Seller (circa 1630 - 1697)
- John Senex (fl.1690 - 1740)
- John Speed (1552 - 1629)
- The Lafreri School
- Jacob Van Langeren / Thomas Jenner
- Martin Waldseemuller (1470 - 1518)
- Michael Drayton (1563 - 1631)
- Rigobert Bonne (1729 - 1795)
- Robert Morden (fl.1668 - 1703)
- SDUK (1829 - 1876)
- Sebastian Munster (1488 - 1552)
- Sydney Hall (1818 - 1860)
- Thomas Kitchin (1718 - 1784)
- Thomas Moule (1784 - 1851)
- Peter Van Den Keere (circa 1571 - 1646)
- Gerard Van Keulen (circa 1678 - 1727)
- Visscher Family
- William Faden (1750 - 1836)
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