List of Cartographers - 18th Century

18th Century

  • John Senex (1690–1740), engraver, publisher, surveyor and geographer to Queen Anne
  • John Lodge Cowley, cartographer, mathematician and geographer
  • Emanuel Bowen (1693/4–1767), engraver and map maker
  • Giambattista (Giovanni Battista) Albrizzi (Venice, 1698 – 1777), publisher of illustrated books and maps
  • Sieur le Rouge map c1740
  • John Gibson (cartographer), map c1758
  • Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703–1772) Chief cartographer to the French navy
  • William Bligh (England, 1754 – 7 December 1817) – Ships Master during the infamous Bounty mutiny and noted free-hand cartographer
  • Rigobert Bonne (France, 1727–1795) – Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at Depot de la Marine
  • Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (France, 1697–1782)
  • Abel Buell (1742–1822), published the first map of the new United States created by an American
  • Dimitrie Cantemir (Moldavia and Russia, 1673–1723)
  • César-François Cassini de Thury (France, 1714–1784)
  • Jean-Dominique Cassini (France, 1748–1845)
  • James Cook (Captain RN) (1728–1779) navigator and naval chart maker
  • Simeon De Witt (1756–1834) Successor to Robert Erskine and Surveyor-General of the State of New York
  • Johann Friedrich Endersch (Germany, fl. 1755)
  • Colonel Robert Erskine (1735–1780) Geographer and Surveyor-General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
  • Joseph de Ferraris (1726–1814), Austrian cartographer of the Austrian Netherlands
  • Louis Feuillée (France, 1660–1732)
  • Thomas Jefferys (England, c. 1710–1771) Geographer of King George III of the United Kingdom
  • Murdoch McKenzie (Scotland, died 1797)
  • John Mitchell (1711–1768) Colonial British American mapmaker.
  • Carlton Osgood (United States, †1816)
  • Adriaan Reland (Netherlands, 1676–1718), linguist & cartographer
  • Thomas Richardson – Scottish
  • Dider Robert de Vaugondy (France, 1688–1766)
  • John Rocque (England, 1709–1762)
  • Matthäus Seutter (Germany, 1678–1757)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Schmettau (1743–1806)
  • Matthias Seutter (Germany, 1678–1757)
  • Daniel-Charles Trudaine (France, 1703–1769)
  • Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747)
  • Thomas Kitchin (1718–84) London-based cartographer and engraver of maps of England, greater Europe, and parts of the British Empire. At one time held the titles "Senior Hydrographer to His Majesty" and "Senior Engraver to His Royal Highness the Duke of York".
  • Friedrich Christoph Müller (Germany, 1751–1808)
  • Alexander Wilbrecht (Russia, 1757–1823) Geographer of The Geographic Department of the Cabinet of Her Imperial Majesty
  • George Washington (United States of America, 1732-1799) was the first president of the United States. He also was a cartographer.

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