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Johann Heinrich Lambert

Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777) was a Swiss-German polymath who made significant contributions to mathematics, physi...

German 18TH Century Mathematical Projection

8.84 Great

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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

8.79 Great

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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

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Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres

Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (1721-1824) was a Swiss-born military engineer and cartographer who served in the Brit...

18TH Century Nautical Enlightenment British Canadian

8.58 Great

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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

8.46 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

8.42 Great

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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

8.33 Great

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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

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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

8.10 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

7.82 Good

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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

7.82 Good

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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

7.64 Good

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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

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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

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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

7.36 Good

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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

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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

7.18 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

6.90 Fair

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Peter Pond

Peter Pond was an 18th-century North American fur trader and mapmaker whose manuscript maps of the Mackenzie River basin...

18TH Century Exploration American Fur Trade

5.98 Mediocre

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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

5.98 Mediocre