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James Cook

James Cook was an English cartographer and explorer active in the 18th century. His detailed surveys of the Pacific Ocea...

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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Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders was an English cartographer renowned for his detailed surveys of Australia during the late 18th century...

18TH Century Exploration Survey Australia

9.1 Excellent

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Henry Gannett

Henry Gannett was an American cartographer instrumental in shaping modern surveying techniques. His long tenure as chief...

American Survey 19TH Century Usgs

9.0 Excellent

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John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell was an American geologist and cartographer instrumental in understanding the American West. His 1869...

American Survey 19TH Century Canyon

8.9 Great

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John Mitchell

John Mitchell was an 18th-century cartographer specializing in colonial North America. He produced significant maps, mos...

18TH Century American Colonial North America

8.8 Great

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George Vancouver

George Vancouver was an English cartographer and Royal Navy officer instrumental in charting the Pacific Coast during th...

18TH Century Exploration Survey Pacific Coast

8.8 Great

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Jacques Cassini

Jacques Cassini (1677–1756) was a French astronomer and cartographer who directed the Paris Observatory and led extensiv...

18TH Century French Survey Meridian

8.5 Great

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Thomas Jefferys

Thomas Jefferys (1719–1771) was a prominent English cartographer, engraver, and map publisher who served as Geographer t...

18TH Century English North America Atlas

8.5 Great

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Alejandro Malaspina

Alessandro Malaspina (1754–1810), known in Spanish as Alejandro Malaspina, was an Italian-born naval officer and explore...

18TH Century Exploration Survey Pacific

8.5 Great

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John Mitchell (1711–1768)

John Mitchell (1711–1768) was a Virginia-born British physician, botanist, and cartographer best known for creating the...

18TH Century North America Enlightenment American Colonial

8.4 Great

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Samuel Holland

Samuel Holland was a Dutch-born British military engineer and surveyor who became the first Surveyor General of British...

18TH Century Survey British Colonial

8.3 Great

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John Melish

John Melish was a Scottish-American cartographer and publisher who lived from 1771 to 1822. He is most famous for publis...

18TH Century North America Atlas Publisher

8.0 Great

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Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré

Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré was a French hydrographer and cartographer who advanced the scientific accuracy of na...

18TH Century French Survey Nautical

8.0 Great

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Joseph Bouchette

Joseph Bouchette (1774–1841) was a Canadian surveyor and administrator who served as Surveyor General of Lower Canada. H...

18TH Century Survey Canadian Canada

7.8 Good

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Andrew Ellicott

Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) was a prominent American surveyor responsible for several major boundary and territorial sur...

18TH Century American Enlightenment Surveyor

7.8 Good

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Henry Popple

Henry Popple was an English cartographer active in the early 18th century who is best known for creating "A Map of the B...

18TH Century British Colonial America

7.7 Good

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John Charles Frémont

John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) was an American explorer, military officer, politician, and cartographer associated wit...

Exploration American Survey 19TH Century

7.5 Good

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Jedidiah Morse

Jedidiah Morse was an American Congregational minister, geographer, and author who lived from 1761 to 1826. His Geograph...

18TH Century American Geography Atlas

7.5 Good

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William Darby

American geographer and cartographer (1775–1854) who produced some of the earliest detailed maps of Louisiana and the Un...

18TH Century American Survey Atlas

6.5 Fair