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James Cook

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18TH Century Exploration Survey English

9.6 Brilliant

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David Thompson

David Thompson was a 18th-century cartographer employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company. He undertook extensive surveying an...

18TH Century Exploration Survey Northwest

9.3 Excellent

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Guillaume Delisle

Guillaume Delisle was a 18th-century French cartographer whose meticulous work significantly advanced mapmaking techniqu...

18TH Century French Accuracy Scientific

9.2 Excellent

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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

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18TH Century French Accuracy Atlas

9.1 Excellent

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Matthew Flinders

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18TH Century Exploration Survey Australia

9.1 Excellent

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César-François Cassini de Thury

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18TH Century French France Triangulation

9.0 Excellent

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George Vancouver

George Vancouver was a British Royal Navy officer who led an exhaustive 1790s maritime expedition that charted the highl...

18TH Century Exploration Survey Pacific Coast

8.8 Great

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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

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18TH Century French Naval Hydrographer

8.6 Great

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Alejandro Malaspina

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18TH Century Exploration Survey Pacific

8.5 Great

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Tobias Mayer

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German 18TH Century Geodesy Astronomer

8.4 Great

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Philippe Buache

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18TH Century French Thematic Bathymetric

8.3 Great

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Samuel Holland

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18TH Century Survey British Colonial

8.3 Great

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Gilles Robert de Vaugondy

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18TH Century French Geography Atlas

8.1 Great

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Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré

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18TH Century French Survey Nautical

8.0 Great

15

Didier Robert de Vaugondy

Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723–1786) was a French cartographer who succeeded his father and was appointed the royal geo...

18TH Century French Geography Atlas

7.8 Good

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Rigobert Bonne

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18TH Century French Projection Atlas

7.8 Good

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Lewis Evans

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18TH Century American Survey Colonial

7.8 Good

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Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'Après de Mannevillette

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18TH Century French Pilot Nautical

7.8 Good

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Joseph Bouchette

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18TH Century Survey Canadian Canada

7.8 Good

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Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette

Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette was an 18th-century French hydrographer who published the Neptune Oriental in 174...

18TH Century French Pilot Nautical

7.8 Good