Död i juni 1598.
Emery Molyneux was an English Elizabethan maker of globes, mathematical instruments and ordnance. His terrestrial and celestial globes, first published in 1592, were the first to be made in England and the first to be made by an Englishman.
Molyneux was known as a mathematician and maker of mathematical instruments such as compasses and hourglasses. He became acquainted with many prominent men of the day, including the writer Richard Hakluyt and the mathematicians Robert Hues and Edward Wright. He also knew the explorers Thomas Cavendish, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and John Davis. Davis probably introduced Molyneux to his own patron, the London merchant William Sanderson, who largely financed the construction of the globes. When completed, the globes were presented to Elizabeth I. Larger globes were acquired by royalty, noblemen and academic institutions, while smaller ones were purchased as practical navigation aids for sailors and students. The globes were the first to be made in such a way that they ...
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'The Globes Celestial and Terrestrial Set Forth in Plano'
1754-1835.
Greve. Gjorde en världskarta 1773, blev major 1783. Vistades en period i St Petersburg. Gav ut en atlas över Livland, 'Liivimaa atlasest', 1798-1810 bestående av 14 kartor. Kartorna över Tallinn förstördes då Paldiski län och Tallinn län styrdes av en och samma guvernör under åren 1783-1796, efter 1796 så återskapades Harju län.
Sündis Tuhala mõisas, teenis Vene armees, osales aktiivselt balti poliitikas, avaldas arvukalt kirjutisi ajaloost, geograafiast, põllumajandusest jm. Laiemalt ja tänaseni tuntuks sai ta aga kartograafina. 1773. a sai Mellin kindralstaabi teenistusse Peterburis, osales mitmel sõjakäigul kuni läks majoriaukraadis 1783. a erru. Nüüd sai temast poliitikategelane - Liivimaa ülemkonsistooriumi direktor ja president, Liivimaa maanõunik jne. Muude tegemiste juures sai krahv Mellini suurtööks informatsioonirohke jääva väärtusega 'Liivimaa atlas' (ilmus 1798-1810), mis koosneb üld- ja 14. kreisikaardist. Atlasesse kuulus ka siin eksponeeritud Tallinna kreisi kaart. Tallinna ja Paldiski k...
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Liivimaa atlasest.
Ca. 1664-1721.
Holländsk bokhandlare, son till Hendrick Doncker (se denne).
Karta öfver Stockholm. - 1904.
'Berghamn - Lohm - Gullkrona' - Finland 1920.
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).
