Cartographer Collection (#4)

Alex Hub Jaillot - Cartographer

Ios Nicolas De L'Isle - Astronomer and Cartographer

D Christoval Colon - Cartographer

Ioh Bapt Tavernier - Cartographer

Ioh Gabr Doppelmeyer - Cartographer

Cesar Francois Cassini De Thury - Cartographer

Vincent Coronelli - Cartographer

Gerhard Mercator - Cartographer

Philipp Cluver - Cartographer

Ioh Bapt Homann - Cartographer

Hugo Linschoten - Cartographer

Jean Domin Cassini - Cartographer

Conrad Peutinger - Cartographer

Ios Nicolas De L'Isle - Cartographer

Captain James Cook - portrait
3785202 Captain James Cook - portrait; (add.info.: Captain James Cook - portrait after N. Dance. English explorer, navigator and cartographer)

Captain James Cook - portrait
3784445 Captain James Cook - portrait; (add.info.: Captain James Cook - portrait after N. Dance. English explorer, navigator and cartographer)

Sketch depicting jointed wings by Leonardo da Vinci, 16th century (drawing)
5308072 Sketch depicting jointed wings by Leonardo da Vinci, 16th century (drawing) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Universal History Archive/UIG

map of Delft, Netherlands, 1617 (engraving)
3918326 map of Delft, Netherlands, 1617 (engraving) by Braun, Georg (1541-1622); (add.info.: Delft, Netherlands - in Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun)

Captain Richard Francis Burton - portrait standing, 1885
3919256 Captain Richard Francis Burton - portrait standing, 1885 by Pellegrini, Carlo ('Ape') (1839-89); (add.info.: Captain Richard Francis Burton - portrait standing)

Mercator and Ortelius (oil on canvas)
471368 Mercator and Ortelius (oil on canvas) by Bellemans, Jozef (Joseph) (1816-88); 175x144 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

World Map, 1695 (engraving)
3918526 World Map, 1695 (engraving) by Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert (1632-1712); (add.info.: Map of World - by A.H. Jaillot in Atlas Francais - Paris, 1695); Photo © Luigino Visconti

World Map, 1695 (engraving)
3918656 World Map, 1695 (engraving) by Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert (1632-1712); (add.info.: World Maps - by A.H. Jaillot in Atlas Francais - Paris, 1695); Photo © Luigino Visconti

North of World, 1695 (engraving)
3918529 North of World, 1695 (engraving) by Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert (1632-1712); (add.info.: North of World -by A.H. Jaillot in Atlas Francais - Paris, 1695); Photo © Luigino Visconti

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, from Living Biographies of Great Painters
3960932 Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, from Living Biographies of Great Painters by Ross, Gordon (1872-1946); (add.info.: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, 1452-1519)

Portrait of Arthur Carl Victor Schott (1814-1875), Before 1875. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Arthur Carl Victor Schott (1814-1875), Before 1875

Portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) - Examining the Wisconsin Meteorite, Circa 1868

Portrait of William Henry Holmes, 1890s. Creator: United States National Museum
Portrait of William Henry Holmes, 1890s

View of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1600 (coloured engraving)
GIA3051063 View of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1600 (coloured engraving) by Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638); Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy; eGiancarlo Costa; Dutch, out of copyright

View of Turin, 1672 (engraving)
1195490 View of Turin, 1672 (engraving) by Borgonio, Giovanni Tommaso (1620-1683); 50x109.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Borgonio)

The Holy Land, c. 1770 (hand-coloured engraving)
986326 The Holy Land, c.1770 (hand-coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); 97x123 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Holy Land... divided into its twelve tribes; La Terre Sainte)

Geographical Map of the Theatre of War, showing the Kingdom of Hungary in the main
986323 Geographical Map of the Theatre of War, showing the Kingdom of Hungary in the main, 1771 (hand-coloured engraving.) by German School

Map, illustration from The Liber Insularum Archipelagi (vellum)
480612 Map, illustration from The Liber Insularum Archipelagi (vellum) by Buondelmonti, Cristoforo (1385-1430); 25.4x16.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (engraving)
3646701 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (engraving) by Hogenberg, Franz (1540-c.1590) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)

World map of the Arab geographer and cartographer Muhammad al-Idrisi, 1150 (engraving)
3647375 World map of the Arab geographer and cartographer Muhammad al-Idrisi, 1150 (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer and statistician
3614729 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer and statistician by Demannez, Joseph-Arnold (1825-1902); Private Collection; (add.info)

Captain Cook approaching New Zealand, illustration from Hutchinson
STC373559 Captain Cook approaching New Zealand, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 (litho) by Woodville

Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator (chromolitho)
972234 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian navigator and cartographer

Captain Burton, illustration from The Pictorial Edition of the Life
STC418106 Captain Burton, illustration from The Pictorial Edition of the Life and Discoveries of David Livingstone by J. Ewing Richie, pub. by A. Fullarton & Co

Amerigo Vespucci, in the Sala del Mappamondo (fresco)
808745 Amerigo Vespucci, in the Sala del Mappamondo (fresco) by Italian School, (16th century); Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Voterbo, Lazio

Matthew Fontaine Maury, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c. 1870 (engraving)
2619105 Matthew Fontaine Maury, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-73)

Part of the London Wall in the churchyard of St. Giles
Part of the ancient London Wall in the churchyard of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London. Built in the third century, and repaired by London Mayor Ralph Joceline in 1477

An Argument Between Cartographers, illustration from Book 2 Part 5 Chapter 10 of
STC134237 An Argument Between Cartographers, illustration from Book 2 Part 5 Chapter 10 of The Principles of Philosophy, engraved by Johannes Kip (1653/53-1722), 1694 (engraving) by Freman, G (fl)

Map of Virginia, discovered and described by Captain John Smith, 1606
STC174211 Map of Virginia, discovered and described by Captain John Smith, 1606, engraved by William Hole (fl. 1607-24), published 1612 (engraving) (see also 174212) by Smith

Map of the Bay of Darien, 1709-13 (colour litho)
VEN1126513 Map of the Bay of Darien, 1709-13 (colour litho) by Keulen, Gerard van (1678-1726); Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy; (add.info)

Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, 1709-13 (colour litho)
VEN3051065 Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, 1709-13 (colour litho) by Keulen, Gerard van (1678-1726); Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy; Photo eMarco Ravenna; Dutch, out of copyright

Gloucester(shire), 1579 (hand-coloured engraving)
985997 Gloucester(shire), 1579 (hand-coloured engraving) by Saxton, Christopher (c.1542-c.1610); 41.5x55 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gloucester(shire); Glocestriae

Map of India and Southeastern Asia; Il Disegno Della Terza Parte Dell Asia
1195417 Map of India and Southeastern Asia; Il Disegno Della Terza Parte Dell Asia, 1561 (engraving) by Gastaldi, Giacomo (c.1500-66) (after); 48x73, 2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gastaldi)

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