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 “Y”
yaggy, levi walter
(July 16, 1848 - October 18, 1912)
yamada hiroyuki
(fl. c. 1928 - 1935)
“山田浩通”
yamada kusuwaka
(fl. c. 1878 - 1893)
“山田楠若”
yamada rikizaburō
(fl. c. 1897 - 1904)
“山田力三郎”
yamaguchiya tōbei
(fl. c. 1805 - 1895)
“山口屋藤兵衛”
yamamura seisuke
(1847 - 1899)
“山村清助”
yamanaka ichibē
(fl. c. 1868 - 1893)
“山中市兵衛”
yamanaka yoshisaburō
(fl. c. 1888 - 1890)
“山中善三朗”
yamashiroya heisuke
(fl. c. 1848 - 1854)
“山城屋平助”
yamazaki hatsutaro
(fl. c. 1898 - 1946)
“山崎初太郎”
yardley, richard quincy
(March 11, 1903 - November 24, 1979)
yasutarō satō
(March 5, 1893 - March 7, 1977)
yates, edgar s.
(February 1854 - April 30, 1930)
“Yates Bureau of Design, E.S. Yates”
yıldırım orduları grubu
(1917 - 1918)
“Yıldırım Army Group, يلدرم اردولر غروبى”
yeager, joseph
(1792 - 1859)
yeats, jack butler
(August 29, 1871 - March 28, 1957)
yedioth ahronoth
(1939 - present)
yeh hsien-k'ai
(fl. c. 1955 - 1989)
“葉顯鎧”
yeremian, suren tigrani
(1908 - 1992)
yewell, george henry
(January 20, 1830 - September 26, 1923)
yoklisch, paul
(1904 - 1952)
yokota shūji
(fl. c. 1935 - 1939)
“横田秀治”
york, alice
(fl. c. 1926 - 1930)
yorozuya magobë
(fl. c. 1867 - 1876)
“萬屋孫兵衛”
yoshida feng
(吉田豐, fl. c. 1900 - 1942)
yoshida hatsu saburo
(吉田 初三郎, March 4, 1884 - August 16, 1955)
yoshida hiroshi
(吉田 博, September 19, 1876 - April 5, 1950)
yoshida kobundo
(c. 1911 - 1913)
“光文堂吉田印刷所”
yoshida koijūrō
(c. 1907 - 1923)
“吉田鯉十郎”
yoshida koijūrō (吉田鯉十郎; c. 1907 - 1923)
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yoshimura sentarō
(fl. c. 1886 - 1888)
“吉村千太郎”
yost, francis lambert
(May 18, 1914 - January 16, 1993)