Carl Van Verden (fl. c. 1718 - 1730) was a Dutch seaman in the employ of the Russian Navy during the early 18th century. Van Verden is best known for his important 1719 - 1721 mapping of the Caspian Sea, which was the most sophisticated and accurate that had been issued to date. A significant cartographic achievement, Van Verden's work on the Caspian led directly to Peter the Great's 1722 invasion of Baku and Derbent and Russian hegemony in the region. Despite his achievements in the Caspian, Van Verden was later passed up by the Tzar in favor of Vitus Behring for the commission to discover a Northeast Passage through the Russian Arctic.
Around 1718 the Russian Tzar, Peter the Great, sponsored a number of cartographic expeditions to the farthest reaches of his vast empire. Most of these were headed up by Dutch navigators, the most experienced and mercenary of the era. Carl Van Verden, a Dutch seaman, was commissioned as a Russian naval officer and assigned the task of mapping the Caspian Sea. Though we...
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Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene.
1783-1848. Född i Järpås, död i Stockholm.
Svensk kartograf. Utmärkte sig som officer och avancerade till överste. Forsell kom tidigt med i lantmätnings- och kartläggningsarbetet i Sverige och utförde 1804-09 en rad lantmätningsarbeten för det stora Hermelinska kartverket (se denne). 1815-26 gav han ut 'Karta öfver södra delen af Sverige och Norrige' i 9 blad. 1824 blev han överdirektör vid Generallantmäterikontoret. Förutom kartarbeten gav han även ut flera topografiska och statistiska verk. Medlem av Krigsvetenskapsakademien i Sverige och hedersmedlem av Royal Geographical Society i London.
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'Karta öfver södra delen af Sverige och Norrige.
Lönborg, s. 204f. - Sv. män och kv.
Död 1858.
Se under Robert Laurie.
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Bro och Vätö skeppslag. Kartlagt 1904.
Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur, Jaques
Biografiska uppgifter:Montreal 1757 - Paris 1810.
A late eighteenth and early nineteenth century French (Canadian) artist, writer and diplomat, Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur left Montreal in 1764 and began his studies with the Jesuits of Sainte-Barbe, in Paris. His first published book, Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus, dates from 1784. It deals with his lifelong passion of chronicling the peoples of other lands, particularly in remote areas. His other works include, Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique (1787), L'Antique Rome (1795), Encyclopedie des voyages (1796), and Voyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde (1806). Groenlandais (Native of Greenland) was engraved by Labrousse for the c. 1797 publication, Costumes de different pays. Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur both designed the engravings and wrote the text for all of these publications. Besides being an artist and writer Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur also led an active diplomatic career. He served as France's vice-consul in Hungary and elsewhere. Today the art of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur may be found in the following collections; the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the National Library of Australia, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, and the New York Public Library.
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Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus (1784), Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique (1787), L'Antique Rome (1795), Encyclopedie des voyages (1796), Voyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde (1806), Costumes de different pays (c. 1797).
