List of Cartographers - 19th Century

19th Century

  • John James Abert (United States, 1788–1863), headed the Corps of Topographical Engineers for 32 years and organized the mapping of the American West.
  • Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (France, 1761–1824), also artist and longtime strategic advisor to Napoleon
  • Henry Peter Bosse (Germany/United States, 1844–1903), also photographer and civil engineer
  • George Bradshaw (England, 1801–1853)
  • Agostino Codazzi (Italy, 1793–1858)
  • J. H. Colton (United States, 1800–1893)
  • James Ireland Craig, Craig retroazimuthal projection.
  • Carl Diercke (1842–1913)
  • Louis Isidore Duperrey (French, 1786–1865)
  • Fielding Lucas, Jr. (c. 1781–1854) Lucas Brothers, Baltimore, USA
  • Matthew Flinders (British, 1774–1814) – Royal Navy officer; circumnavigated Australia and made exploration of the Australian coastline
  • Matthew Fontaine Maury (American, 1806–1873), U.S. Navy officer; also oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and educator.
  • Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (1842-1922) American producer of pictorial maps.
  • Björn Gunnlaugsson (Iceland, 1788–1876)
  • Charles F. Hoffmann (Germany/United States, 1838–1913)
  • Pierre Jacotin (France, 1765–1829)
  • Felix Jones (England, 1813–1878)
  • Peter Kozler (Slovenia, 1824–1879), lawyer, geographer, politician, manufacturer.
  • Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (France, 1816–1889)
  • Heinrich Theodor Menke (Germany, 1819–1892)
  • Robert Moresby (England, 1794–1863)
  • Thomas Moule (England, 1784–1851)
  • Yuly Shokalsky (Russia, 1856–1940), also oceanographer and geographer
  • Karl Spruner von Merz (Germany, 1803 – 1892)
  • Jacob Swart (Netherlands, 1796–1866)
  • John Tallis and Company (England, 1838–1851)
  • David Thompson (British – Canadian, (1770–1857)
  • Nicolas Auguste Tissot (France, 1824–1897), devised Tissot's indicatrix
  • Philippe Vandermaelen (Belgium, 1795–1869)
  • Edward A. Vincent (England/United States, c. 1825 – 27 November 1856), also cartographer, civil engineer, architect
  • James Wilson (American, 1763–1835), first maker of globes in the United States
  • Nain Singh Rawat: Indian cartographer.
  • Cope, Emmor B: Gettysburg Battlefield cartographer and 1st Gettysburg National Military Park superintendent
  • Alexandre Vuillemin (France 1812–1880)

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