swap_horiz William Darby Alternatives

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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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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

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville was a prominent 18th-century French cartographer renowned for meticulous mapmaking....

18TH Century French Accuracy Atlas

9.1 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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Aaron Arrowsmith

Aaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823) was an English cartographer who founded a famous mapmaking firm and became the leading publ...

18TH Century Exploration Large Format English

8.9 Great

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John Wesley Powell

American geologist and explorer (1834–1902) who led the first documented river expedition through the Grand Canyon in 18...

American Survey 19TH Century Canyon

8.9 Great

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John Mitchell

John Mitchell (1711–1768) was a British-American botanist who created a highly influential 1755 map of eastern North Ame...

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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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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Jacques Cassini

Jacques Cassini (1677–1756) was a French astronomer and cartographer whose geodetic surveys helped prove that the Earth...

18TH Century French Survey Meridian

8.5 Great

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Thomas Jefferys

Thomas Jefferys (1719–1771) was an English cartographer who served as Geographer to King George III and became famous fo...

18TH Century English North America Atlas

8.5 Great

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Alejandro Malaspina

Alejandro Malaspina was an Italian-born Spanish naval officer who led a major scientific expedition between 1789 and 179...

18TH Century Exploration Survey Pacific

8.5 Great

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John Cary

John Cary (1754–1835) was a highly influential English cartographer whose precise road maps and atlases set new standard...

18TH Century English Atlas Engraver

8.4 Great

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Henry Schenck Tanner

American cartographer and publisher (1786–1858) whose 'New American Atlas' (1818–1823) set a high standard for accuracy...

American 19TH Century Philadelphia Atlas

8.4 Great

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Samuel Augustus Mitchell

American publisher and cartographer (1792–1868) who produced widely distributed school atlases and wall maps that shaped...

American 19TH Century Philadelphia Atlas

8.3 Great

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Samuel Holland

Samuel Holland was a Dutch-born British surveyor who became the first Surveyor General of British North America, produci...

18TH Century Survey British Colonial

8.3 Great

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Lewis Evans

Lewis Evans (1700–1756) was a Welsh-born American surveyor who produced a crucial 1749 map of the middle British colonie...

18TH Century American Survey Colonial

7.8 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