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Aaron Arrowsmith: Quick Facts

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Born July 14, 1750 • England
Died April 23, 1823 (aged 72) • London • England

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Aaron Arrowsmith, engraving by T.A. Dean after a portrait by H.W. Pickersgill
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Bartholomew, John George
John George Bartholomew
Scottish cartographer and publisher
Abraham Ortelius's map of the world from 1570.
Abraham Ortelius
Flemish cartographer
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David Thompson
English explorer
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet
James Rennell
James Rennell
British geographer
Ogilby, engraving by William Camden Edwards, 1820, after a drawing by J. Thurston
John Ogilby
British printer
Title page of Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt
British geographer
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Muḥammad al-Idrīsī
Arab geographer
Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish cartographer
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Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist
Pine, John: engraving
John Pine
English engraver
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Matthäus Merian
Swiss artist [1593-1650]
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Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville
French cartographer
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Theodor de Bry
Flemish-German engraver
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John Adair
Scottish surveyor
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Philippe Buache
French geographer and cartographer
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Pedro Nunes
Portuguese geographer
Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map
Martin Waldseemüller
German cartographer
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Norris McWhirter
British publisher
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Alexander MacMillan
Scottish publisher