Geyser, Christian Gottlieb
Christian Gottlieb Geyser (August 20, 1742 - March 24, 1803) was a German engraver and painter. Geyser was bornin Görlitz, the son local theologian and deacon Gottfried Geyser (1699 - 1764). He initially studied law at the University of Leipzig, but at the same time, began developing his interest in art under Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717 - 1799). He later married Oeser's daughter, Wilhelmine (1755 - 1813). In 1764, Oeser became director of the Leipzig Academy of Art, and Geyer followed his father-in-law to this institution, forsaking law entirely. In 1780, he joined the Oberlausitzischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences). Through Oeser, he became friends with Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749 - 1832) and illustrated the first edition of many of that author's works. Geyser died of stroke in while going for a walk in 1803.
First economic thematic map -Robinson
Neue Carte von Europa welche die merkwürdigsten Producte und vorn ehmsten Handelspläze nebst den Flächen-Inhalt aller Europäischen Länder in deutschen Quadrat-Meilen... [New map of Europe which contains the strangest and most prestigious products of trading places together with the surface content of all European countries in German square miles...]
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An important and influential piece, this is the first edition of A. F. W. Crome's 1782 separate-issue thematic map of Europe illustrating production and economics. It is considered the first thematic and comparative map printed in Europe and, as such, had a profound impact on subsequent cartography, particularly in Germany and France, where Crome's methodology inspired a wave of new thematic cartography. (more details)