swap_horiz Matthew Flinders Alternatives

1

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

8.79 Great

2

William Smith

William Smith was a prominent 18th and 19th-century English cartographer whose meticulous work revolutionized geological...

18TH Century English Geological Map Stratigraphy

8.69 Great

3

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

8.51 Great

4

Aaron Arrowsmith

Aaron Arrowsmith was an 18th-century English cartographer renowned for his meticulously crafted large format atlases and...

18TH Century Exploration Large Format English

8.14 Great

5

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

8.10 Great

6

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

7.82 Good

7

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

7.82 Good

8

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

7.82 Good

9

Emmanuel Bowen

Emmanuel Bowen (c. 1693–1767) was an English map engraver and cartographer who worked in London during the 18th century....

18TH Century London English Atlas

7.76 Good

10

John Cary

John Cary (1754–1835) was an English cartographer, engraver, and map publisher known for his detailed geographical works...

18TH Century English Atlas Engraver

7.73 Good

11

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

7.64 Good

12

William Faden

William Faden (1749-1836) was an English cartographer, engraver, and map publisher who served as Geographer to King Geor...

18TH Century English Atlas Publisher

7.54 Good

13

John Arrowsmith

John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) was an English cartographer and map publisher who continued the London mapping business asso...

Exploration 19TH Century English Atlas

7.54 Good

14

Claude Joseph Sauthier

Claude Joseph Sauthier (1736–1802) was a French-born surveyor and cartographer who spent much of his career working in t...

18TH Century French Survey Colonial America

7.42 Good

15

Emanuel Bowen

Emanuel Bowen was a prominent English mapmaker and engraver who lived from 1694 to 1767. He operated a successful map bu...

18TH Century English Atlas Engraver

7.36 Good

16

Joseph Nicollet

Joseph Nicollet was a French-American explorer, mathematician, and cartographer who lived from 1786 to 1843. He is best...

Exploration Survey 19TH Century Mississippi

7.36 Good

17

George Bellas Greenough

George Bellas Greenough was a British geologist and cartographer who lived from 1778 to 1855. He was a foundational figu...

Survey 19TH Century English Geological Map

7.36 Good

18

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

7.36 Good

19

Lewis Evans

Lewis Evans (1700–1756) was a Welsh-born American surveyor and cartographer who produced foundational maps of the Britis...

18TH Century American Survey Colonial

7.18 Good

20

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

7.18 Good