First X, Then Y, Now Z : Landmark Thematic Maps

Historic Maps Collection

Princeton University Library

© 2012 Princeton University Library

Introduction

Francis Bacon, 1561-1626

Alexander von Humboldt,
1769-1859

Landmark Thematic Atlases

• Quantitative Thematic Maps

• Meteorology
  • Edmond Halley, 1656-1742
  • Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859
  • William Channing Woodbridge, 1794-1845
  • James Pollard Espy, 1785-1860
  • Elias Loomis, 1811-1892
  • Léon Lalanne, 1811-1893
  • John Chappelsmith, 1807?-1885?
  • Francis Galton, 1822-1911
• Geology
  • Martin Lister, 1638?-1712
  • Jean Etienne Guettard, 1715-1786
  • William Smith, 1769-1839
  • Georges Cuvier, 1769-1832 / Alexandre Brongniart, 1770-1847
  • William Maclure, 1763-1840
  • Edward Hitchcock, 1793-1864
• Hydrography
  • Athanasius Kircher, 1602-1680
  • Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690
  • Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790
  • August Petermann, 1822-1878
  • Georg Bauerkeller, fl. 1830-1870
• Natural History
  • Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, 1743-1815
  • Joakim Frederik Schouw, 1822-1878
• Medicine
  • Giovanni Maria Lancisi, 1654-1717
  • Valentine Seaman, 1770-1817
  • Amariah Brigham, 1798-1849
  • Edwin Chadwick, 1800-1890
  • Thomas Shapter, 1809-1902
  • John Snow, 1813-1858
  • Henry Wentworth Acland, 1815-1900
  • Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910
• Sociology / Economics ("Moral Statistics")
  • William Playfair, 1759-1823
  • Charles Dupin, 1784-1873
  • André-Michel Guerry, 1802-1866
  • George Poulett Scrope, 1797-1876
  • Adolphe Quetelet, 1796-1874
  • Adolphe d'Angeville, 1796-1856
  • Joseph Fletcher, 1813-1852
  • Charles Joseph Minard, 1781-1870
  • Henry Mayhew, 1812-1887

• Qualitative Thematic Maps

• Communication & Transportation
• Ethnography
• Linguistics
• Military History
• Urban Planning

• Theme Maps (Fanta "Z")

• Literature
• Love & Marriage
• Utopia

• Conclusion

• Sources Consulted

• Companion Volume (for purchase)