swap_horiz Reiner Ottens Alternatives

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Willem Blaeu

Willem Blaeu (1594-1671) was a significant Dutch cartographer of the early modern period. He established a renowned Amst...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

9.2 Excellent

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Johannes Janssonius

Johannes Janssonius was a 17th-century Dutch publisher who produced numerous atlases, most notably his 11-volume Novus A...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

8.6 Great

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Johann Baptist Homann

Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was a German geographer who founded a major map publishing firm that dominated the Eur...

German 18TH Century Atlas Publisher

8.6 Great

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Frederick de Wit

Frederick de Wit was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer who founded a prominent mapmaking firm in Amsterdam and produced...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

8.3 Great

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William Faden

William Faden (1749–1836) was an English cartographer who became the royal Geographer to King George III, publishing hig...

18TH Century English Atlas Publisher

8.2 Great

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Matthias Seutter

Matthias Seutter was an 18th-century German cartographer based in Augsburg who served as the Imperial Geographer and pro...

German 18TH Century Atlas Publisher

8.1 Great

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Gilles Robert de Vaugondy

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766) was a leading French cartographer known for publishing a major influential world a...

18TH Century French Geography Atlas

8.1 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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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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Matthew Carey

Irish-American publisher (1760–1839) who issued 'Carey's American Atlas' in 1795, considered the first atlas of the Unit...

18TH Century Philadelphia Atlas Publisher

7.8 Good

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Pierre Mortier

Pierre Mortier was a late 17th-century Dutch cartographer who published a massive new atlas and expanded the market for...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

7.8 Good

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Nicolas Visscher I

Nicolas Visscher I was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer who continued his family's publishing firm and produced detaile...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

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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Justus Danckerts

Justus Danckerts was a prominent Dutch map publisher and engraver in Amsterdam who produced detailed atlases and decorat...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

7.5 Good

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Carel Allard

Carel Allard was a late 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher based in Amsterdam, noted for his highly decorativ...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

7.5 Good

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Louis Brion de la Tour

Louis Brion de la Tour was a late 18th-century French royal cartographer and engineer recognized for his maps of militar...

18TH Century French Paris Atlas

7.2 Good

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Nicolas Visscher II

Nicolas Visscher II was a late 17th-century Dutch cartographer known for publishing the Atlas Minor and maintaining his...

Dutch 17TH Century Amsterdam Early Modern

7.1 Good

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Jacob van der Schley

Jacob van der Schley was an 18th-century Dutch engraver and cartographer known for producing the detailed maps and illus...

18TH Century Dutch Amsterdam Atlas

7.0 Good

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Jean-Baptiste-Louis Clouet

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Clouet was an 18th-century French cartographer who served as geographer to the King of Poland and pr...

18TH Century French Geography Atlas

7.0 Good

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Laurie and Whittle

Laurie and Whittle were prominent British map publishers in London who acquired Robert Sayer's firm in 1794 and produced...

18TH Century English Nautical Atlas

7.0 Good