Mapmakers, surveyors and engravers
This page lists those responsible for creating the maps we have digitised from our collections. Follow the links for information about their map(s).
Abbreviations:
- fl = floruit ('flourished' - we use this when we don't know precise dates)
- ca = circa ('around').
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Aberdeen, William (fl. ca 1742-1794)
- Adair, John (ca 1650-1722)
- Admiralty / Hydrographic Office
- Ainslie, John (1745-1828)
- Airey, John
- Allard, Carel (1648-ca1709)
- Anderson, Jabez (fl. ca 1799-1810)
- Andrews, John (fl. ca 1766-1800)
- Archer, John (fl. ca 1748-1795)
- Armstrong, Andrew and Mostyn
- Arrowsmith, Aaron and John
- Assiotti, Francis (fl. ca 1759-1782)
- Avery, Joseph (fl. ca 1721-1744)
B
- Bald, William (ca 1789-1857)
- Bartholomew, John & Son
- Bassett, C
- Bastide, John Henry (fl. ca 1718-1759)
- Beaumont, John (fl. ca 1795-1799)
- Bell, John (fl. 1792-1833)
- Bell, William (fl. 1760-1813)
- Bellin, J N
- Bennet, J and Sayer, R
- Betts, Henry D
- Blachford, W
- Black, Adam and Charles
- Blackadder, John (fl. 1793-1830)
- Blaeu, Joan (ca 1596-1673)
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (fl. 1760-1813)
- Blome, Richard
- Bogdani
- Booth, William (fl. ca 1760-1771)
- Bowen, Thomas
- Braun, Georg (1540/1-1622)
- Brooke, William (fl. 1835-47)
- Bruce, Alexander (fl. 1706)
- Bryce, Alexander (fl. ca 1744)
- Buchanan, George (1790-1852)
- Burnett, Gregory and Scott, William
- Burr, G T D
C
- Cameron, G
- Campbell, Robert
- Campbell, Dugal (fl. ca 1725-1757)
- Carrington, Frederick A and G W
- Cary, John (1755-1835)
- Castleman, Henry (fl. ca 1776-1798)
- Chamberlaine, Augustus H (fl. ca 1793-1813)
- Chapman, James (fl. 1784-1834)
- Châtelain, Zacharias
- Clark, Thomas
- Cleland, James (1770-1840)
- Colebrooke, Pawlett William (fl. ca 1782-1788)
- Collins, Greenvile (fl. 1669-1698)
- Coltman, Nathaniel (fl. ca 1752-1807)
- Coomb, Richard (fl. ca 1755-1777)
- Cooper, John (fl. ca 1770-1776)
- Cooper, R
- Coronelli, Vincenzo (1650-1718)
- Cowley, John
- Craig, James (died 1795)
- Crawford, David (fl. 1802-1829)
- Crawford, William (fl. 1774-1828)
D
- Daubant, Abraham (fl. ca 1750-1759)
- Deleny, John (fl. ca 1765-1770)
- Depot Generale de la Marine, Paris
- Dodd, P (fl. ca 1785-1794)
- Dorret, James (fl. 1744-1761)
- Dumaresq, John (fl. ca 1709-1768)
- Dury, Theodore (fl. ca 1670-1742)
E
- Edgar, William (fl. 1717-1746)
- Edward, Charles (fl. 1816-1890)
- Edward, Robert (fl. 1616-1696)
- Edwards, Talbot (1687-1719)
- Elphinstone, Sir Howard
- Elphinstone, John (1706-1753)
- Eunson, George
F
- Faden, William (1750-1836)
- Farquharson, John
- Field, John
- Finlayson, John (fl. ca 1745-1749)
- Fisher, T
- Fleming, Peter (1783-ca1851)
- Forbes, William (fl. 1790-1826)
- Forlani, Paulo
- Forrest, William (fl. 1799-1832)
- Forrester, William
- Fowler, William (with C Greenwood and T Sharp)
- Frazer, Andrew (fl. ca 1781-1787)
G
- Garden, William (fl. 1771-1806)
- Geddy, John (fl. 1571-1594)
- Gellatly, John
- Gibb, Alexander (1804-1867)
- Gordon, Robert (1580-1661) and James
- Gould, Francis (fl. ca 1760-1801)
- Grante, James Alexander (fl. ca 1745-1749)
- Grassom, John (fl. 1817-1819)
- Greenwood, Christopher (with T Sharp and W Fowler)
H
- Harvie-Brown, J A
- Heather, William
- Hebert, Lewis
- Hewitt, John (fl. ca 1796-1799)
- Hogenberg, Franz (died 1590)
- Hole, William (died 1624)
- Hollar, Wenceslaus
- Homann, Johann Baptist (1663-1724)
- Home, John (1733/4-1809)
- Hondius, Hendrik
- Huddart, Joseph
- Hunter, W
- Hydrographic Office / Admiralty
J
- Jaffray, John
- Jansson, Jan (1588-1664)
- Jelfe, A (fl. ca 1704-1759)
- Jenner, Thomas (fl. 1618-1673)
- Johnson, John (fl. ca 1765-1776)
- Johnson, Robert
- Johnson, William (fl. 1802-1840)
- Johnston, William and Alexander Keith
- Johnstone, Thomas (fl. 1749-1819)
- Jones, Jasper Leigh (fl. ca 1746)
K
- Kay, James
- Keith & Gibb (lithographers)
- Keulen, Gerard van
- Keulen, Johannes van (1654-1715)
- Kincaid, Alexander (1710-1777)
- Kirk, John (fl. 1771-1773)
- Kirkwood, James & Robert
- Knipe, J A
- Kitchin, Thomas
- Knapton, James
- Knox, James (fl. 1800-1856)
- Knox, John (1720-1790)
- Kyle, Thomas (1827-1864)
L
- Lancefield, Alfred (fl. 1843-1855)
- Langlands, George (fl. 1771-1810)
- Laurie, John (fl. 1757-1800)
- Laye, John (fl. ca 1725)
- Le Rouge, George Louis (fl. 1740-1780)
- Lempriere, C (fl. ca1720-1746)
- Leslie, John (1527-1596)
- Leslie, John (ca 1778-1830)
- Leslie, Thomas (fl. 1824-)
- Lewis, M W
- Lizars, William Home (1788-1859)
- Lothian, John (ca 1805-1846)
M
- MacCulloch, John (1773-1835)
- Macfarlane, Andrew (fl. 1837-1850)
- Mackenzie, Murdoch (Senior) (1712-1797)
- McPherson, William (fl. 1839-1852)
- Manesson-Mallet, Allain (1630-1706)
- Marcell, Lewis (fl. ca 1746)
- Marr, John (fl.1670-1720)
- Marwick, Thomas
- Massey, George (fl. ca 1746-1768)
- Mathieson, John
- Mercator, Gerhard (1512-1594)
- Meuros, James
- Miller, James (fl. ca 1773-1777)
- Milne, Alexander (fl. 1789-1818)
- Minshell, N (fl. ca 1758-1766)
- Mitchell, Thomas (fl. 1831-1851)
- Moffat, William (fl. 1828-1837)
- Moll, Herman (died 1732)
- Moore, Richard (fl. 1809-1813)
- Moore, Thomas (fl. ca 1719-1725)
- Morden, Robert (died 1703)
- Morrison, George (fl. ca 1748-1759)
- Mount, J
- Mulcaster, Frederick George (fl. ca 1755-1759)
- Murray, Sir John (1841-1914)
N
- Necker de Saussure, Louis Albert (1786-1861)
- Nicol, James (1810-1879)
- Nicolay, Nicolas de (1517-1583)
- Nolin, Jean Baptiste
O
- O'Brien, John
- Ordnance Survey
- Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598)
P
- Page, T
- Parish, Henry William
- Paterson, Daniel
- Petit (des Etans), Lewis (1665-1720)
- Playfair, James
- Pont, Timothy (1560-1614)
- Porcacchi, Thomaso (ca 1530-1585)
- Preston, Thomas (fl. 1743-1744)
- Pullar, Laurence
R
- Rae, A
- Rae, Alfred
- Raeburn, Robert
- Raif, Mahmoud Abdurrhaman
- Ray, Robert (fl. 1835-1840)
- Read, M (fl. ca 1794-1799)
- Reilly, Franz von
- Richardson, Thomas (fl. 1772-1829)
- Robertson, James (fl. 1810-1829)
- Robinson, David (fl. ca 1796-1808)
- Roe, Robert (fl. ca 1771-1775)
- Rogerson, W M
- Romer, John Lambertus (1680-1754)
- Ross, Charles (1722-1806)
- Roy, William (1726-1790)
- Rudyerd, Henry (fl. ca 1792-1794)
- Rutherford, Andrew (fl. 1745)
S
- Sandby, Paul (1725-1809)
- Sanson, Nicolas (1600-1667)
- Scott, W and Burnett, G
- Sedley, John S (1799-1801)
- Sharp, Peter
- Sharp, T (with C Greenwood and W Fowler)
- Shipley, Sir Charles (fl. ca 1785-1787)
- Skinner, Andrew (fl. 1760-1788)
- Skinner, William (1700-1780)
- Slezer, John (c.1650-1717)
- Smart, Thomas
- Smith, David (fl. 1803-1854)
- Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge
- Speed, John (1552-1629)
- Spencer, J (fl. ca 1794-1804)
- Stanford, Edward
- Stevenson, Robert & Son
- Stieler, August
- Stobie, James (fl. 1775-1804)
- Stobie, Matthew (fl. 1758-1807)
- Stockdale, John
- Sulman, J
T
- Tallis, John & Frederic (fl. ca 1846-1850)
- Tarrant, Charles (fl. ca 1730-1818)
- Taylor, George (fl. 1760-1788)
- Tennant, N (fl. 1835-1850)
- Test, William (fl. ca 1759-1814)
- Thomas, George (fl. 1809-1846)
- Thomson, Charles (fl. 1820-1831)
- Thomson, John (1777-ca1840)
- Tiddeman, Mark (fl. ca 1730)
V
- Vaugondy, Gilles Robert de
- Visscher, Nicolaes (1649-1702)
- Vooght, Claes Janszoon (died 1696)
W
- Wade, George
- Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon (1534/5-1606)
- Walker, John (1759-1830)
- Walker, Thomas
- Watson, David (1713-1761)
- Watt, Henry
- Weiland, Carl Ferdinand
- Weller, Edward
- Whittle, James
- Willdey, Thomas (fl. 1730-1748)
- Wit, Frederik de
- Wood, John (ca 1780-1847)
- Wyld, James (1790-1836)
