Sonnin, Ernst Georg (sold)
Ernst Georg Sonnin (June 10, 1713 – July 8, 1794) was a German architect, engineer, cartographer, and architect active in Hamburg in the middle part of the 18th century. Sonnin attended the Friedrich School from 1727 to 1731 and then afterwards in Halle and Jenna. His focus was initially theology, but it quickly transitioned into mathematics. Relocating to Hamburg he tutored Latina and mathematics while founding a workshop for precision scientific instruments. As a master engineer he was contracted to do restoration work on the steeples of a number of important churches. He was a member of the first German Masonic Lodge and a founding member of the Hamburg Patriotischen Gesellschaft. Sonnin was a hobbyist astronomer and dedicated himself determining the exact geographical location of Hamburg. IN conjunction with his astronomical studies he contributed to several other little known maps in affiliation with other Hamburg scholars.
One of the earliest obtainable specific maps of Greenland.
Nova Gronlandiae Islandiae et Freti Davis tabula : quam ex recentissimis, usque selectissimis peritiorum Navarchorum, item Dannicae missionis observationibus, relationibus atque diariis, peculiari studio.
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A scarce 1746 map of Greenland drawn to illustrated Johann Anderson's study on the North Atlantic, Nachrichten von Island, Grønland und der Strasse Davis . This is one of the earliest specific maps of Greenland. It covers from the Baffin Sea and Spitsbergen to ... (more details)