Cartographers
The Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers is a growing list of mapmakers covering from the 3rd through the 20th centuries. There are currently more than 3000 biographies present — many of which are the only studies of these individuals available anywhere. We typically add 10–15 additional cartographers each week. While there are thousands of cartographers yet to be added, most major cartographers active between the 17th and the mid-20th century are here biographized. Where we have access to images, these are added. In addition, examples of each cartographer’s works are represented in high resolution.
Cartographers Starting with “K”
kaeppelin et cie
(fl. c. 1839 - 1860)
kahn, fritz
(September 29, 1888 - January 14, 1968)
kaiser, alexander
(February 26, 1819 - October 25, 1872)
kaiser, august
(October 2, 1889 - September 7, 1982)
kaiserlich-königliches militär-geographisches institut
(1839 - 1921)
kaliher, stephen eugene
(1910 - October 19, 1969)
kamp, joseph peter
(April 28, 1896 - November 19, 1975)
kanagaki robun
(February 2, 1829 - November 8, 1894)
“假名垣魯文”
kanakanui, samuel maikaaloa
(November 4, 1864 - January 10, 1921)
kanamori yasuke
(fl. c. 1879 - 1881)
“金森弥輔”
kanarek, eliasz
(June 21, 1902 - May 1969)
kanaya matsudaira
(fl. c. 1939 - 1940)
“金谷賴曉”
kandel, david
(1520 - 1592)
kaneko shiro
(fl. c. 1920 - 1950)
“金子士郎”
kaneko tsunemitsu
(fl. c. 1930 - 1960)
“金子常光”
kankōsha
(c. 1918 - 1955)
“觀光社”
kapic, suada
(b. February 15, 1952)
kara, michael
(September 3, 1887 - February 13, 1964)
“מיכאל קָארָה”
karacsay, fedor von
(1787 - 1859)
kartographia winterthur
(1842 - 1924)
kashima nagatoshi
(fl. c. 1899 - 1904)
“鹿島長壽”
kasprzykiewicz, feliks julian
(1840 - 1915)
kato takashiro
(fl. c. 1930 - 1943)
“加藤隆四郎”
katsugoro harimaya
(fl. c. 1850 - 1865)
“播磨屋勝五郎”
katz, shmuel alexander
(August 18, 1926 - March 26, 2010)
“שמואל כ'ץ, Sandor”
kauffman, ira ulysses
(May 18, 1881 - December 27, 1937)
kauffman, orrin frederick
(March 14, 1876 - October 5, 1930)
kautzky, theodore ‘ted’
(1896 - 1953)
kawachiya tasuke
(fl. c. 1735 - 1868)
“河内屋太助”
kawakatsu yoroitarō
(fl. c. 1892 - 1894)
“川勝鎧太郎”
kawamura ryūjitsu
(fl. c. 1886 - 1894)
“河村隆實”
kōgyōkan
(fl. c. 1893 - 1945)
“廣業舘”