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Mapmaker Biographies
From Aa to Zatta, please find following a selection of mapmaker biographies. We have taken the term “mapmaker” in the broadest sense, and include cartographers, surveyors, engravers and publishers in our selection. Please feel free to suggest some more. Also, we collect mapmaker portraits, so please do let us know if you come across any we don’t have.
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- Benjamin BAKER
- Elizabeth BAKEWELL
- Jacopo de BARBARI
- Willem BARENTSZ
- Harry BECK
- Martin BEHAIM
- Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
- William BERRY
- Willem BLAEU
- Richard BLOME
- Rigobert BONNE
- Charles BOOTH
- Benedetto di BORDONE
- Louis-Antoine BOUGAINVILLE
- Emanuel BOWEN
- John BOWLES
- Georg BRAUN
- Isaac BROUCKNER
- Theodor de BRY
- William Andrewes BRYANT
- Samuel BUCK
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- Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'ANVILLE
- Alexander DALRYMPLE
- Justus DANCKERTS
- William DANIELL
- William DARTON
- Giovanni Giacomo de' ROSSI
- Guillaume DELISLE
- Louis-Charles DESNOS
- Joseph Foss DESSIOU
- Robert DIGHTON
- C. W. & Sons DIXEY
- Nicolas DOBREE
- Hendrik DONCKER
- Benjamin DONN
- Amos DOOLITTLE
- Frank DORN
- Robert DUDLEY
- Albrecht DÜRER
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- George SANDERSON
- Nicolas SANSON
- Christopher SAXTON
- Robert SAYER
- Hartmann SCHEDEL
- Schenk & Valk
- Alva SCOTT GARFIELD
- John SELLER
- John SENEX
- Dominick SERRES
- Charles SMITH
- John Raphael SMITH
- Joseph SMITH
- William SMITH
- John SNOW
- John SPEED
- Joris (George) van SPILBERGEN
- Edward STANFORD
- STEEL
- James Sir STIRLING
- Bernardus SYLVANUS
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Opening hours, London Gallery
Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday: by appointment
Closed: all bank holidays and 1-31 August
Opening hours, New York
By appointment only