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Jacques Bertin

Through his 1967 book Sémiologie graphique, French cartographer and theorist Jacques Bertin examined how graphic choices...

French 20TH Century Theoretical Thematic

9.18 Excellent

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William Lambton

William Lambton was a British geographer and surveyor who initiated the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1802. T...

India 19TH Century English Geodesy

9.08 Excellent

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August Petermann

August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878) was a German cartographer renowned for advancing thematic and polar cartography. I...

German 19TH Century Polar Thematic

8.71 Great

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Charles Joseph Minard

Charles Joseph Minard was a French cartographer active in the 19th century. He is particularly recognized for his innova...

French 19TH Century Thematic Flow Map

8.60 Great

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Guillaume Delisle

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18TH Century French Accuracy Scientific

8.46 Great

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Matthew Fontaine Maury

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American 19TH Century Physical Geography Ocean Chart

8.46 Great

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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville was a prominent 18th-century French cartographer renowned for meticulous mapmaking....

18TH Century French Accuracy Atlas

8.37 Great

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August Heinrich Petermann

August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878) was a prominent German cartographer whose work significantly advanced the field of...

German 19TH Century Thematic Atlas

8.33 Great

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Nicolas Sanson

Nicolas Sanson was a prominent French cartographer active in the 17th century. He significantly advanced thematic mappin...

French 17TH Century Thematic Early Modern

8.14 Great

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Augustus Petermann

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19TH Century Arctic Thematic German English

8.14 Great

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Heinrich Berghaus

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German 19TH Century Thematic Physical Atlas

8.10 Great

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Alexander Keith Johnston

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19TH Century Scottish Thematic Edinburgh

8.08 Great

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Charles Booth

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Social 19TH Century English Thematic

7.82 Good

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Francis Amasa Walker

Francis Amasa Walker (1840–1897) was an American economist, statistician, and military officer who made substantial cont...

American 19TH Century Thematic Statistical Atlas

7.82 Good

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Richard Andree

Richard Andree was a 19th-century German geographer and cartographer known for his significant contributions to thematic...

German 19TH Century Thematic Atlas

7.72 Good

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Philippe Buache

Philippe Buache (1700–1773) was a French geographer who advanced the field of physical geography. He pioneered thematic...

18TH Century French Thematic Bathymetric

7.64 Good

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Francis Galton

Francis Galton (1822–1911) was a British polymath who made early contributions to the fields of meteorology and statisti...

19TH Century Statistical English Thematic

7.64 Good

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Henry Drury Harness

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19TH Century Statistical Ireland British Irish

7.36 Good

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Johann Georg Kohl

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German 19TH Century America Thematic

7.18 Good

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Andree Richard

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German 19TH Century Thematic Publisher

6.90 Fair