Cartography is the study of map making and
cartographers are map makers.
Some important early and famous cartographers:
- Martin Behaim, (1436-1507)
- Joan Blaeu[?]
- Guillaume Delisle, (1675-1726), cartographer
- Frederick DeWitt[?]
- Johann Friedrich Endersch (Germany, fl. 1755)
- Martin Heilwig (Germany, 1516 - 1574)
- Zacharias Heym[?]
- Johann Homann, (Germany, 1664 - 1724), geographer
- Henricus Hondius[?]
- Jodocus Hondius[?], (1563-1612)
- Hipparchus, (Greece, 190 B.C. - 120 B.C.), astronomer, cartographer, geographer
- Eduard Imhof[?] (1895 - 1986)
- Isidore of Seville (Spain, 560 - 636)
- Jan Janssonius (Norway ?, 1588 - 1664)
- Thomas Jefferys[?]
- Peter Kozler, (Slovenia, 1824 - 1879), lawyer, geographer, politician, manufacturer.
- Gerardus Mercator (Belgium, Netherlands, 1512 - 1594)
- A. Matthäus Merian (Switzerland, 1593 - 1650)
- Matthäus Merian (Switzerland, 1621 - 1687)
- Sebastian Muenster (Germany, 1488 - 1552)
- Abraham Ortelius, (Belgium, 1527 - 1598), Belgian cartographer
- Ptolemy, (Ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, circa 85 - circa 165), astronomer, cartographer, geographer
- Hartmann Schedel (Germany)
- John Speed (England, 1542 - 1629)
- Martin Waldseemüller (Germany, circa 1470 - circa 1521/1522)