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James Cook

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18TH Century Exploration Survey English

9.6 Brilliant

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Jack Dangermond

Jack Dangermond is a prominent American cartographer and entrepreneur. He co-established Esri in 1969, pioneering digita...

American 20TH Century Digital Gis

9.6 Brilliant

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Edward Tufte

Edward Tufte is a prominent American cartographer and visual display expert. He advocates for clear, concise graphics th...

American Contemporary Statistical Graphics Visual Display

9.5 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

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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

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18TH Century American Colonial North America

8.8 Great

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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 Cassini

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18TH Century French Survey Meridian

8.5 Great

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Thomas Jefferys

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18TH Century English North America Atlas

8.5 Great

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Alejandro Malaspina

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18TH Century Exploration Survey Pacific

8.5 Great

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Samuel Holland

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18TH Century Survey British Colonial

8.3 Great

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John Melish

Scottish-American cartographer (1771–1822) who published in 1816 the first map depicting the full continental extent of...

18TH Century North America Atlas Publisher

8.0 Great

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Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré

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18TH Century French Survey Nautical

8.0 Great

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Joseph Bouchette

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18TH Century Survey Canadian Canada

7.8 Good

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John Charles Frémont

American explorer and military officer (1813–1890) who led multiple expeditions mapping the American West in the 1840s,...

Exploration American Survey 19TH Century

7.5 Good

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Jedidiah Morse

American minister and geographer (1761–1826) called 'the Father of American Geography' for authoring the first geography...

18TH Century American Geography Atlas

7.5 Good

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Peter Pond

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18TH Century Exploration American Fur Trade

6.5 Fair

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William Darby

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18TH Century American Survey Atlas

6.5 Fair