Robert Alexander Habersham (September 7, 1838 - April 15, 1921) was a civil and military engineer active in Washington and Oregon in the mid to late 19th century. Habersham was born in Habersham County, Georgia (named after his ancestors), where he was a descendent of Revolutionary War veteran James Habersham. It is unclear where he was educated as an engineer, but he worked as an engineer in Brazil on the Dom Pedro II railroad, during which time he met and married Mariquinha Dos Reis. In the 1870s he was in the U.S. Army, serving as an engineer with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry. He worked in the Portland Office of the Army Corps of Engineers, achieving the rank of general. From 1896, he served two terms as United States Surveyor General of Oregon. Among his more notable work was the 1874 survey of the Cascades of the Columbia River, for which he served as chief of the party. Later in life (after 1914), Habersham relocated to his wife's hometown in Brazil. He died in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1921 and is buried in the Araça cemetery. He is known for detailed and significant maps of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. More by this mapmaker...

John Kaye Gill (May 6, 1851 - December 30, 1929) was an American journalist, publisher, and stationer active in Massachusetts and Oregon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gill was born in Holmfirth, England, but emigrated to the United States in 1855, when he was just 3 or 4. After working as a correspondent for the Smithsonian Institution, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he established himself as a stationer, publisher, and bookseller. He is best known for issuing an updated and expanded edition of François Norbert Blanchet's 1852 Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon. While involved with emigration and settlement in Oregon, Gill was openly critical of the poor treatment of the indigenous population. He published several important maps of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, both with others, such as Robert Alexander Habersham (1838 - 1921) and independent under his own imprint. Gill lived in Portland until his death of an arterial hemorrhage in 1929. Learn More...

Anders Madsen Askevold (January 16, 1842 - August 16, 1901) was a Norwegian map publisher based in Chicago Illinois in the late 19th century. Askevold immigrated from Valkryien, Bergen, Norway to Quebec on May 25 1968. From there he made his way to Chicago where he established the firm 'Merchant's Lithographers' in 1870. This firm was unfortunately destroyed just one year later in 1871 by the Great Chicago Fire. We have found no examples of cartographic work printed by Anders during this period, but the Library of Congress does mention the firm as a publisher of panoramic maps. Afterwards he partnered with Peter (Pierre) Roy (1840 - ????), to found the Chicago Map Establishment located at 67 Ashland Block, Chicago. After 1875 or Askevold may have acquired Roy's shares in the firm as from this point on he is listed sole proprietor. This firm published at least 10 different maps, most of which focused on Chicago and Oregon. The connection here is unclear. He returned to Norway from 1880 to 1888, where he printed at least one map of Bergen Norway, before returning to Chicago and resuming a publishing career in April of 1889. He remained in business until about 1898, the date of his last known publication. Learn More...