John Gibson (cartographer)

John Gibson (flourished in London 1750 to his death in 1792) was an English cartographer, geographer, draughtsman and engraver.[1]

Accurate Map of His R.H. the Duke of York's Journey thro' Italy in 1763 & 1764 by John Gibson - The Gentleman's Magazine

Recognized as an important late eighteenth-century British cartographer, a contemporary of Jacques-Nicolas Bellin and skilled engraver,[2] spent most of his life in prison because of several debts, however, produced thousands of maps and its best-known work in 1758 was called the pocket atlas Atlas Minimus.[3][4] He worked also for the Gentleman's Magazine[5] for which engraved different decorative maps. He also published his own work in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, The Universal Museum and The Universal Traveller.

References

  1. ^ "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers" revised edition, 2003, Early World Press, Riverside, CT
  2. ^ Geographicus, John Gibson Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "National library of Australia, Atlas minimus". Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. ^ A Correct Map of the Island of Jamaica by John Gibson Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 165
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