1400 – 1500
The Age of Discovery: Expanding Horizons and Charting the Unknown
Fra Mauro [1385-1459, Italian]
Paolo Toscanelli [1397-1482, Italian]
Hartmann Schedel [1440-1514, German]
Martin Behaim [1459-1507, German]
Juan de la Cosa [1460-1510, Spanish]
Martin Waldseemüller [1470-1520, German]
Andrea Bianco [n/a, Italian]
Andreas Walsperger [n/a, German]
Jacopo de Barbari [n/a, Italian]
Henricus Martellus [n/a, Italian]
Johannes Ruysch [n/a, Dutch]
1500 – 1600
The Age of Global Exploration: Unveiling New Worlds and Mapping the Globe
Sebastian Münster [1488-1522, German]
Olaus Magnus [1490-1557, Swedish]
Orontius Fineus [1494-1555, Flemish]
Giacomo Gastaldi [1500-1565, Italian]
Pedro Nunes [1502-1578, Portuguese]
Gerardus Mercator [1512-1594, Flemish]
Diego Gutiérrez [1520-1575, Spanish]
Gaspar Viegas [1525-1609, Portuguese]
Abraham Ortelius [1527-1598, Flemish]
Baptista Boazio [1527-1603, Italian]
Frans Hogenberg [1535-1590, Flemish]
Jodocus Hondius [1563-1612, Flemish]
1600 – 1700
The Age of Enlightenment: Mapping Empires and Scientific Expeditions
John Speed [1552-1629, English]
Willem J. Blaeu [1571-1638, Dutch]
Johannes Janssonius [1588-1664, Dutch]
Matthäus Merian [1593-1650, Swiss]
Joan Blaeu [1596-1673, Dutch]
Nicolas Sanson [1600-1667, French]
Nicolas Visscher [1618-1679, Dutch]
Frederick de Wit [1630-1706, Dutch]
Alain M. Mallet [1630-1706, French]
Vincenzo M. Coronelli [1650-1718, Italian]
Pieter Mortier [1661-1711, Dutch]
1700 – 1800
The Age of Enlightenment: Navigating New Frontiers and Charting the Modern World
Herman Moll [1654-1732, English]
Pieter van der Aa [1659-1733, Dutch]
Johann B. Homann [1664-1724, German]
Guillaume Delisle [1675-1726, French]
Gerard van Keulen [1678-1726, Dutch]
John Senex [1678-1740, English]
Matthäus Seutter [1678-1757, German]
Robert de Vaugondy [1686-1766, French]
Emanuel Bowen [1694-1767, English]
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin [1703-1772, French]
John Mitchell [1711-1768, English]
Thomas Jefferys [1719-1771, English]
Antonio Zatta [1722-1804, Italian]
Paolo Santini [1729-1793, Italian]
1800 – 1900
The Age of Scientific Advancement: Mapping a Changing World
Alexander von Humboldt [1769-1859, German]
Carl Ritter [1779-1859, German]
John Arrowsmith [1790-1873, English]
Samuel A. Mitchell [1792-1868, American]
Heinrich Berghaus [1797-1884, German]
Victor J. Lavasseur [1800-1870, French]
Alexander K. Johnston [1804-1871, Scottish]
John Tallis [1817-1876, English]
Tawny Maps 