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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
British inventor of the jigsaw puzzle (1739–1769)
John Spilsbury (/I.P.A. spɪlsbəri/ 1739 – 3 April 1769) was an English cartographer and engraver. He is credited as the inventor of the jigsaw puzzle.
John_Spilsbury_(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
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
U.S. Founding Father and 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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Name list
– Portuguese buccaneer Bartolomeu Velho – Sixteenth-century Portuguese mapmaker and cosmographer Edgar Bartolomeu – Former Angolan professional soccer
Bartolomeu
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
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)
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)
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
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
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.
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
American rock band
Jason. "Mapmaker - Parts & Labor - 2007". Pitchfork (review). Retrieved December 4, 2024. Kelly, Jennifer. "Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Mapmaker". Dusted
Parts_&_Labor
Waterfall in California, U.S.
Falls" as "LeConte Falls" but a mapmaker assigned the name to what was once called "California Falls" and the mapmaker's mistaken designation was adopted
LeConte_Falls
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Various words and phrases have been used to describe the occasionally overlapping geographical and political areas of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland
Terminology of the British Isles
Terminology_of_the_British_Isles
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
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
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
Circle on Earth's surface enclosing majority of the human population
inside the circle as of 2022, out of a total human population of 8 billion. Mapmaker Alasdair Rae proposed The Yuxi Circle, after reviewing 1,500 circles (148
Valeriepieris_circle
Map printing of Jerusalem spanning from ancient times
known to scholars from the pre-modern era were prepared by Christian mapmakers for a Christian European audience. All maps marking milestones in the
Cartography_of_Jerusalem
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Community in Ontario, Canada
of Upper Canada to survey the waterways of this area came in 1847, when mapmaker James Haslett visited the area. Haslett noted the presence of an Irish
Barry's_Bay
British actress
(2021). Following this, she wrote and published three more books: The Mapmakers (2023), The Troublemakers (2024), The Mythmakers (2025). "Tamzin Merchant
Tamzin_Merchant
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
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
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
Flemish historian, consul for Low Countries traders in London (1535–1612)
of the Bible, and Ottilia Ortellius, of the famous Ortellius family of mapmakers, and nephew of the cartographer Abraham Ortelius. As a historian Van Meteren
Emanuel_van_Meteren
2002 video game
order. After a player beats an Arcade League level, a medal is awarded. A MapMaker is also available that can create playable levels. Levels for Story mode
TimeSplitters_2
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)
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
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
New Zealand geography lecturer and writer
(1961 - 26 June 2026) was a New Zealand novelist, geography lecturer, mapmaker and photographer. He contributed to a number of notable atlases, and completed
Russell_Kirkpatrick
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
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
The city of London has long been a subject for panoramas by artists, mapmakers, and topographers. Many of their works have this as their title. The earliest
Panorama_of_London
Pseudocylindrical equal-area map projection
Mercator equal-area projection. Jean Cossin of Dieppe was one of the first mapmakers to use the sinusoidal, using it in a world map in 1570. The projection
Sinusoidal_projection
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
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
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
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
Adventure novel by Reif Larsen
first published in 2009. The book follows the exploits of a 12-year-old mapmaker named T.S. Spivet, who lives on a ranch near Divide, Montana, as he receives
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet
The_Selected_Works_of_T._S._Spivet
Chief Justice of the United States since 2005
three liberal justices, Roberts also wrote that "[t]he contention that mapmakers must be entirely 'blind' to race has no footing in our §2 case law." In
John_Roberts
as "Guillermi Solerii", citizen of Majorca, master instrument-maker and mapmaker (bruixoler). Guillem Soler was one of the few non-Jews of the Majorcan
Guillem_Soler
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
Topics referred to by the same term
Roanoke Colony Robert Wilkinson (cartographer) (c. 1768–1825), English mapmaker Robert M. Wilkinson (1921–2010), American politician, Los Angeles councilman
Robert_Wilkinson
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
Video game map in the Counter-Strike series
design in Global Offensive have been positively received by players and mapmakers. Dust II is a video game map featured in the first-person shooter series
Dust_II
German polymath (1769–1859)
creating maps, particularly of New Spain, that became the template for later mapmakers in Mexico. His careful recording of latitude and longitude led to accurate
Alexander_von_Humboldt
Rock formations in Oklahoma, United States
expedition along the Cimarron River. In 1875, a transcription error by a mapmaker resulted in the name Gloss Mountains which is still a somewhat common name
Glass_Mountains
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
MAPMAKER
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Perfume; Scent
Girl/Female
Irish
meaning pure.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
True Believer
Boy/Male
English American
From the long hill.
Girl/Female
Armenian
Golden.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Joy
Girl/Female
Latin
Born seventh. Name given to the seventh child born to a large family.
Male
Swedish
Variant spelling of Swedish Åsbjörn, ASBJÖRN means "divine-bear."
Girl/Female
Indian
One who achieves her goals in life, Loved, Beloved
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Shiva
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