Norman, William
William Norman (17?? - November 18, 1807) was an American stationer, engraver, chart and map publisher active in Boston during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the son and heir of the John Norman (1748 - 1817), one of the first American commercial chart publishers. Norman's imprint first replaces his father's in 1794. He issued editions of American Pilot from 1794 through 1807, when he died suddenly.
Beginnings of American commercial chart publishing.
General Chart of the West Indies from the latest Marine Journals and Surveys.
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An important c. 1789 - 1794 nautical map of the West Indies, Florida, the Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico littoral by Osgood Carleton and John Norman. This is the second edition of John Norman's first published nautical chart, representing one of the first instances of post-Revolutionary American commercial chart making, predating the publication of the Clark Pilot by several months. (more details)