1653-1715.
In 1680 was given special endorsement from the Dutch state to print and publish sea charts and sailing instructions. The van Keulen family's best-known work is Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel a world atlas in five volumes, published by Johannes's son Gerard and subsequently by Gerard's children and grandchildren.
As we have noted in other biographies in this chapter, the Dutch produced a remarkable number of enterprising and prolific map and chart makers but not even the Blaeu and Jansson establishments could rival the vigour of the van Keulen family whose business was founded in 1680 and continued under their name until 1823 and in other names until 1885 when it was finally wound up and the stock dispersed at auction. Throughout the history of the family, the widows of several of the van Keulens played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business.
The firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen who was registered as a bookseller in Amsterdam in 1678. In 16...
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.
1680-1742. Född i Marieney, Sachsen, död i Dresden.
Tysk kartograf. Han studerade i Leipzig där han tog magistergraden. Studierna var egentligen teologi, men han ägnade sig hellre åt geometetri och mätning. Efter att år 1705 blivit präst, fortsatte han sina matematikstudier och företog lantmätningsarbeten i sin socken Skaffa i Sachsen. 1722 övergav han den andliga banan och ägnade sig helt och hållet åt geografi. Redan 1719 hade han gett ut en stor karta över Sachsen i 16 blad, kompletterat med ett band med upplysningar. Detta verk utkom i ett stort antal utgåvor. Ett annat viktigt verk var en stor specialatlas över Sachsen med 80 generalkartor. Detta verk utgavs först efter Zürners död. Allt som allt känner man till 900 kartor gjorda av honom. De flesta är specialkartor över tyska områden. Zürners kartor blev aldrig samlade i en komplett atlas utan finns spridda i ett antal geografiska verk. Han utgav även ett antal topografiska avhandlingar över tyska provinser.
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Se GERRITSZ.
Tooley.
Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734
Kornell, Cornus sanguinea - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.
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.
Bland arbeten:
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).
