1720 Bowen Map of Newcastle, Northumberland Roads Emanuel Bowen was one of the most influential of English cartographers during the early to mid-1700′s. However his popularity with publishers failed to provide him with a comfortable living and he ended his days in the poorhouse. His first published atlas ‘Britannia Depicta’ is also his best-known. [continue reading]
The list of Mapmakers/Cartographers below is not complete by any means. If I have left a cartographer, mapmaker off the list or made an error please leave a comment below and I will update the list accordingly. Aa, Pieter van der Aikin, John Anson, George Arbuckle Bros Archer, Joshua Armstrong, Mostyn John Arrowsmith, Aaron Arrowsmith, John Bacon, George Washington Badeslade, [continue reading]