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A mapmaker (also called a cartographer) is a person who studies and practices the art of making maps. Mapmaker may also refer to: Mapmaker (album), the
Mapmaker
2012 British film
The Mapmaker is a 2012 English drama film. Jenny Agutter and Rachel Hurd-Wood play the role of Isabel. Charles Dance and Harry Eden play the role of Rowan
The_Mapmaker_(film)
British inventor of the jigsaw puzzle (1739–1769)
John Spilsbury (/I.P.A. spɪlsbəri/ 1739 – 3 April 1769) was a British cartographer and engraver. He is credited as the inventor of the jigsaw puzzle. Spilsbury
John_Spilsbury_(cartographer)
English cartographer and engraver (1768–1825)
Robert Wilkinson (c. 1768 – 1825) was an English cartographer of maps and atlases, engraver, and book publisher. Most of Wilkinson's maps were derived
Robert Wilkinson (cartographer)
Robert_Wilkinson_(cartographer)
2021 children's book by Christina Soontornvat
The Last Mapmaker is a 2021 children's fantasy novel written by American author and educator Christina Soontornvat. The novel is set in the Kingdom of
The_Last_Mapmaker
2007 studio album by Parts & Labor
Mapmaker is the third album from Parts & Labor, released in 2007 on Jagjaguwar Records. "Fractured Skies" "Brighter Days" "Vision of Repair" "The Gold
Mapmaker_(album)
18th-century Scottish cartographer
travelling map of Scotland 'shewing principal direct & cross roads', 1804. "Mapmakers – National Library of Scotland". Campbell, Tony (1996). "Chronicle for
Thomas Richardson (cartographer)
Thomas_Richardson_(cartographer)
Australian writer
non-fiction, and is a blogger. She is best known for her middle grade series The Mapmaker Chronicles. Her work has been published in various magazines, newspapers
Allison_Tait
Spanish cartographer
Hernando de los Ríos Coronel (1559–1621?) was a mathematician, cosmographer, cartographer, navigator, naval pilot, administrator, soldier, priest, and
Hernando_de_los_Ríos_Coronel
1996 novel by Australian writer James Cowan
A Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice (1996) is a novel by Australian writer James Cowan. It was originally
A_Mapmaker's_Dream
English mapmaker and painter (1731–1809)
Paul Sandby, RA (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English mapmaker and painter who specialised in landscape art. Along with his older brother Thomas Sandby
Paul_Sandby
Dutch mapmaker and publisher
(1714–1781), was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who became an important mapmaker for the powerful Dutch East India Company. Catharina Buijs married (1732)
Catharina_Buijs
Italian cartographer ([[floruit|fl.]] 1310–1330)
and fifteenth centuries. He appears to have been the first professional mapmaker to sign and date his works regularly. Although Vesconte was born in Genoa
Pietro_Vesconte
Country in the Caribbean
travelled through the region with the Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda and mapmaker Juan de la Cosa. Vespucci is reported to have renamed the island "Mayo"
Grenada
Deity in Greek mythology
Fabulae Preface Ashley Baynton-Williams. "The "Lafreri school" of Italian mapmakers". Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved February 26
Atlas_(mythology)
Medieval cartographer
"only remain hypothetical"; the arguments for Gervase of Tilbury being the mapmaker are based on the name Gervase, which was an uncommon name in Northern Germany
Gervase_of_Ebstorf
English governor of the Roanoke Colony (1587 to 1590)
first attempt to colonise Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. He would most famously briefly serve as the governor
John White (colonist and artist)
John_White_(colonist_and_artist)
Dutch engraver (1541–1583)
(1541, in The Hague – 1583, in The Hague) was a 16th-century engraver and mapmaker from the Northern Netherlands. Cornelis de Hooghe, born in 1541 in The
Cornelis_de_Hooghe
2001 film by Michie Gleason
The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife is a 2001 British-Dutch film directed by Michie Gleason, with a screenplay by Michie Gleason based on a short story by
The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife
The_Island_of_the_Mapmaker's_Wife
American mapmaker and publisher (1830–1922)
George Washington Bacon (1830–1922) was an American mapmaker and publisher who developed a successful business producing maps of London. In 1861, Bacon
George_Washington_Bacon
List of early depictions of the world
exploration of Antarctica, Australia, and the interior of Africa by Western mapmakers was left to the 19th and early 20th century. The Saint-Bélec slab discovered
Early_world_maps
River in Michigan, United States
was altered in the 19th century due to the printing error of a Wisconsin mapmaker. As a frontier waterway, the historic Rogue River was of major importance
Rogue_River_(Michigan)
2005 video game
for Arcade (excluding league) that the player can then use in the game's mapmaker feature. The player can complete various missions and league challenges
TimeSplitters:_Future_Perfect
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
learned mathematics and land surveying, and became a talented draftsman and mapmaker. By early adulthood, he was writing with what his biographer Ron Chernow
George_Washington
Continent
validity in the Ural Mountains as a boundary between continents. The mapmakers continued to differ on the boundary between the lower Don and Samara well
Europe
shell of what it had been and will provide an open door for political mapmakers at every level — from local school districts to state legislatures to
2026_United_States_elections
English actress (born 1990)
of the character Isabel, played by Jenny Agutter, in the short film The Mapmaker. Also in the same year, she was featured in the music video for "Revolver"
Rachel_Hurd-Wood
French scientific illustrator
Planche 20 Laura Bliss (2016-03-22). "The Forgotten History of Female Mapmakers". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-02-12. Bliss, Laura (21 March 2016). "Meet
Elisabeth_Haussard
Topics referred to by the same term
Captain James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, and mapmaker. Captain Cook may also refer to: Captain Cook (book), a 1972 book by Alistair
Captain_Cook_(disambiguation)
American author and educator
and another Newbery Honor in 2023 for the middle grade novel "The Last Mapmaker". Soontornvat was born in 1980, a daughter of Amnaj Soontornvat, a businessowner
Christina_Soontornvat
Video game series
successful completion of challenges. Each game in the series included "MapMaker": a grid-based level editor in which players could create their own custom
TimeSplitters
124. Retrieved 13 November 2021. Buisseret, David (22 May 2003). The Mapmakers' Quest: Depicting New Worlds in Renaissance Europe. Oxford: Oxford University
History_of_Germany
Cylindrical conformal map projection
conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1569. In the 18th century, it became the standard
Mercator_projection
American rock band
Jason. "Mapmaker - Parts & Labor - 2007". Pitchfork (review). Retrieved December 4, 2024. Kelly, Jennifer. "Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Mapmaker". Dusted
Parts_&_Labor
Dutch mapmaker (1587–1652)
Visscher (1587 – 19 June 1652) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher. He was the founder of the successful Visscher family mapmaking
Claes_Jansz._Visscher
Muslim geographer (1100–1165)
History of the Italians and their Food (New York, 2008) p. 17. "The medieval mapmaker remembered for the wrong map". 24 August 2023. Ahmad, 1992, pp. 170-173
Muhammad_al-Idrisi
Dutch artist (1501–1574)
– 1574) was a Dutch Renaissance glass painter, tapestry designer, and mapmaker. He was employed by the Janskerk (Gouda) during the 16th century, where
Dirk_Crabeth
Pseudocylindrical compromise map projection
Then I figured out the mathematical formula to produce that effect. Most mapmakers start with the mathematics. — 1988 New York Times article The projection
Robinson_projection
Name list
– Portuguese buccaneer Bartolomeu Velho – Sixteenth-century Portuguese mapmaker and cosmographer Edgar Bartolomeu – Former Angolan professional soccer
Bartolomeu
American soldier and civil engineer
Gilmer (February 23, 1818 – December 1, 1883) was an American soldier, mapmaker, and civil engineer most noted for his service as the Chief Engineer of
Jeremy_Francis_Gilmer
Minecraft minigame
162. ISBN 9780593722497. Skyblock's creator Noobcrew started out as a mapmaker in 2011, using Codewarrior's top-down landscaping tool MCEdit to make easy-to-build
Skyblock
Medieval European world map
before it was destroyed. The arguments for Gervase of Tilbury being the mapmaker are based on the name Gervase, which was an uncommon name in northern Germany
Ebstorf_Map
French fashion designer (born 1971)
age of nine months by a French Alsatian family. His adoptive father is a mapmaker. Ackermann spent his childhood in Ethiopia, Chad, Algeria and France before
Haider_Ackermann
Study and practice of making maps
equator; and the Bonne projection is intermediate between the two. In 1569, mapmaker Gerardus Mercator first published a map based on his Mercator projection
Cartography
U.S. House district for Pennsylvania
19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
Pennsylvania's_7th_congressional_district
2019 fantasy novel by G. Willow Wilson
days. The story concerns the flight of Fatima and Hassan, a concubine and mapmaker, respectively, from service to the Emirate's last sultan. Laura Miller
The_Bird_King
Town in South Carolina, United States
1663 identified a headland near the entrance to Port Royal Sound, which mapmakers named "Hilton's Headland." The island has a rich history that started
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina
Thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Toward the Ocean" (1912) shows "Redondo Road"; notice the mapmaker's efforts to show that Venice (then called New Pico Blvd.) and Washington
Culver_Boulevard
French medical doctor
forensic medical scientist of the mid-19th century. The son of artist and mapmaker Ambroise Tardieu, he achieved his Doctorate in Medicine at the Faculté
Auguste_Ambroise_Tardieu
Italian contemporary artist
foundation in Milan, Italy. He did a series of embroidered landscapes for The Mapmaker's Dream at the Haines Gallery in San Francisco, USA. In Anzeri's exhibition
Maurizio_Anzeri
U.S. House district for Pennsylvania
19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018
Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
Pennsylvania's_8th_congressional_district
2022 video game
returning characters include Murray the Demonic Talking Skull (Denny Delk), mapmaker Wally B. Feed (Neil Ross), used ship salesman Stan S. Stanman (Gavin Hammon)
Return_to_Monkey_Island
Name list
nautical mapmaker Joshua Beal Ferris (1804–1886), American politician and US House Representative Joshua Fry (1699–1754), early American mapmaker Joshua
Joshua_(name)
2026 U.S. Supreme Court case
shell of what it had been and will provide an open door for political mapmakers at every level — from local school districts to state legislatures to
Louisiana_v._Callais
Town in the United States
Hobe Sound. A mapmaker misunderstood the Spanish spelling Jobe of the native people name Hobe and recorded it as Jove. Subsequent mapmakers further misunderstood
Jupiter,_Florida
American music therapist
1937) was a Canadian-born American nurse, music therapist, lecturer, and mapmaker. She was the Director of Hospital Music with the American Red Cross during
Isa_Maud_Ilsen
American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1966)
Roadside Prophets Caspar The Player Himself Cameo Map of the Human Heart The Mapmaker Bob Roberts Cutting Edge Live Host Cameo 1993 Money for Nothing Joey Coyle
John_Cusack
16th-century Spanish government world map
commanding an expedition in Brazil. During the 1530s and 1540s, the principal mapmakers (known as "cosmographers") in the Casa de Contratación working on the
Padrón_Real
Legendary Chinese creature
statuettes of the creature are traditionally placed facing the window. Mapmakers sometimes drew dragon turtles along with other fantastical creatures in
Dragon_turtle
Member of the British royal family (1961–1997)
Retrieved 27 October 2018. C.D. Coulthard-Clark (2000). Australia's Military Mapmakers. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-551343-1. "Honorary Appointments"
Diana,_Princess_of_Wales
Italian navigator and cartographer
of his time. Bianco is the subject of the historical fiction book The Mapmaker (1957) by Frank G. Slaughter. Günther Hamann, Johannes Dörflinger: Die
Andrea_Bianco
Trajectory of Earth around the Sun
been [printed more than] a century earlier, [the Dutch mapmaker] Joan Blaeu was the first mapmaker to incorporate his revolutionary heliocentric theory
Earth's_orbit
Portuguese world map c. 1502
suggests that the Cantino Planisphere was ordered to an official Portuguese mapmaker, who made a copy of the royal cartographic pattern, the so-called Padrão
Cantino_planisphere
Italian architect and author (1404-1472)
Battista, Firenze, 2018. Andrew Taylor,The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography. New York: Walter and Company, 2004. ISBN 0-8027-1377-7
Leon_Battista_Alberti
Surname list
engineer Cornelis Anthonisz (ca. 1505–1553), Dutch painter, engraver, and mapmaker R. G. Anthonisz (1852–1930), Ceylonese lawyer, educationist, and civil
Anthonisz
Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter (born 1969)
Year Title Role Notes 2000 A Further Gesture Joe 2001 Mapmaker Harry Hawcett 2002 Puckoon Arthur Faddington The Escapist Denis' Brief 2005 Mrs Henderson
Richard_Dormer
Welsh engraver (1694–1767)
Welsh map engraver, who achieved the unique distinction of becoming Royal Mapmaker to both King George II of Great Britain and King Louis XV of France. Bowen
Emanuel_Bowen
November 1839 – 11 September 1881) was an English surveyor, astronomer and mapmaker. He was a Royal Engineer and was involved with mapping the Canada–United
Samuel_Anderson_(surveyor)
English actress
Primrose Woodhouse 2001 Another Life Edith Jessie Thompson The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife Finley Descotes 2002 Man and Boy Gina Silver TV film 2003 Byron Augusta
Natasha_Little
advantage. By the summer of 1864, Meigs was recognized as one of the best mapmakers in the Union Army. At his base in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, he spent
John_Rodgers_Meigs
2019 young adult fantasy novel by Emily-Lloyd Jones
Lloyd-Jones, following Ryn, a female gravedigger, and Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker, as they try to stop "bone houses" (reanimated corpses) from roaming their
The_Bone_Houses
Canadian fur trader and surveyor (1770–1857)
1964 National Film Board of Canada short film David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker , as well as the BBC2 programme Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness (Episode
David_Thompson_(explorer)
City and municipality in Agder, Norway
was usually written Christianssand until 1877, although the map of the mapmaker Pontoppidan from 1785 spelled the name Christiansand (with a single 's')
Kristiansand
Highway in the United States
maintain continuity with signed segments in Texas and Colorado. Many mapmakers, such as the American Automobile Association, Rand McNally and Google
U.S._Route_85
American political scientist (born 1944)
for Virginia's House of Delegates. McKinley, Jesse (2022-05-28). "How a Mapmaker Became New York's Most Unexpected Power Broker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331
Bernard_Grofman
Flemish-German painter and engraver (1535–1590)
Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590) was a Flemish-German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Hogenberg was born in Mechelen in Flanders as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg
Frans_Hogenberg
Dutch painter
Anthonissen or Teunissen (ca. 1505 – 1553), was a Dutch painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Anthonisz. was born in Amsterdam around 1505. He was a grandchild of Jacob
Cornelis_Anthonisz.
Historical waterfall on the Columbia River in Washington (state), United States
made sure that only the strongest fish went on to spawn." The Canadian mapmaker and explorer David Thompson was the first white person to describe the
Kettle_Falls
Nautical charts in Catalan
Catalan charts or Catalan portolans are portolan charts in the Catalan language. Portolan charts are a type of medieval and early modern map that focuses
Catalan_chart
Fictional place in New York state, USA
County, New York, United States, that became an actual landmark after mapmakers made up the community as a phantom settlement, an example of a fictitious
Agloe,_New_York
Polish and Israeli graphic artist and poet (1920–2002)
Sedia, Giuseppe (September 7, 2012). "Josef Bau: Israel's Walt Disney and Mapmaker of Hell". The Krakow Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. "Events"
Joseph_Bau
Flemish and Dutch engraver and cartographer (1563–1612)
van den Keere. He also worked with her brother Pieter van den Keere, a mapmaker and engraver. While in England, Hondius was instrumental in publicising
Jodocus_Hondius
County in Michigan, United States
the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi, whom they venerated. English mapmakers adopted the French name, identifying the lake feature as Saint Clare on
St._Clair_County,_Michigan
Alexandria in American History
Retrieved 2012-01-29. Library of Congress: George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker: "Washington As Public Land Surveyor: Culpeper, the Frontier and Alexandria
History of Alexandria, Virginia
History_of_Alexandria,_Virginia
Surname list
Particular Baptist minister John Spilsbury (cartographer) (1739–1769), British mapmaker and engraver who invented the jigsaw puzzle John Spilsbury (cricketer)
Spilsbury
World map made in the early 15th century
in an orderly sequence. Of the chaotic Italian state at the time, the mapmaker comments that "Italy, beautiful, fertile, strong and proud, from lack of
Borgia_map
Village on the Lebanese-Syrian border
GOLAN HEIGHTS; Village Loyal to Assad and Syria Fears Partition by U.N. Mapmakers: TRANSITION IN SYRIA: GOLAN HEIGHTS". The New York Times. 12 June 2000
Ghajar
Public Record Office/British Library. ISBN 0-7123-0311-1. The Art of the Mapmaker in Essex. Essex County Council. 1947. p. viii. Harvey, P. D. A. (1984)
Estate_map
Scottish mapmaker (1771–1822)
John Melish (June 13, 1771 – December 30, 1822) was a Scottish mapmaker who published some of the earliest maps of the United States (US). In 1816, he
John_Melish
Scale model of a celestial body
(1459–1537) with help from the painter Georg Glockendon. Behaim was a German mapmaker, navigator, and merchant. Working in Nuremberg, Germany, he called his
Globe
American-Canadian historian and mapmaker (born 1970)
John C. Hamer (born 1970) is an American-Canadian historian, mapmaker, and minister. His research has focused primarily on the history of the Latter Day
John_C._Hamer
Major river in the Northeastern United States
Branch, which rises in Cooperstown, New York, and is regarded by federal mapmakers as the main branch or headwaters, and the West Branch, which rises in
Susquehanna_River
French scientist, politician, and diplomat
the French ambassador to the United States, assigned Collot, an expert mapmaker and former governor of Guadeloupe, to make a frontier reconnaissance mission
Pierre_Adet
1431–1863 middle period of Cambodian history
A drawing by Dutch mapmaker Johannes Vingboons, "Eauweck, hooftstadt van Cambodia - Longvek, capital of Cambodia"
Post-Angkor_period
Island country in the Pacific Ocean
Middle (South Island), and South (Stewart Island / Rakiura). In 1830, mapmakers began to use "North" and "South" on their maps to distinguish the two
New_Zealand
Crown agency for the Spanish Empire
leading an expedition in Brazil. In the 1530s and 1540s, the principal mapmakers (known as "cosmographers") in the Casa de Contratación working on the
Casa_de_Contratación
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
the "new world" after Columbus's description of this discovery. Further, mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller eventually retracted his naming of the continent after
Christopher_Columbus
American bank robber
Wanted list for over four years. Working on and off as a car salesman, a mapmaker and a topographer, Everett was arrested in September 1980 following a bank
Gilbert_James_Everett
Surname list
politician Heinrich Bünting (1545–1606), German pastor, theologian and mapmaker Hem Bunting (born 1985), Cambodian athlete Ian Bunting (born 1996), American
Bunting_(surname)
Island nation in the Atlantic Ocean
over the outlying coral reefs. In 1519, a map produced by the Genoese mapmaker Visconte Maggiolo showed and named Barbados in its correct position. Furthermore
Barbados
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Gaelic
child.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Dearest
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Biblical
A people; the strength or sorrow of people.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
A Spring which Flows Constantly; Moon; Earth
Boy/Male
English American Teutonic German
Sage, wise. From the Old English Aelfraed, meaning elf counsel. Also from Ealdfrith or Alfrid,...
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Prayerful
Male
Spanish
Old Spanish form of Basque Ynjgo, probably IÑJGO means "my little one."
Girl/Female
Indian
Star, The pleiades
Girl/Female
Indian
From the Farming Land; Femaine of Xoin
Girl/Female
Hindu
White
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