AARON ARROWSMITH
Name: Aaron Arrowsmith
Born: 1750
Died: 1823
Aaron Arrowsmith was an English geographer and member of
the Arrowsmith family of geographers. He moved to Soho Square, London from
Winston, County Durham when about twenty years of age, and was employed by John
Cary, the engraver and held for some years the office of hydrographer to the
king. In January 1790 he made himself famous by his large chart of the world on
Mercator projection. Four years later he published another large map of the
world on the globular projection, with a companion volume of explanation. The
maps of North America (1796) and Scotland (1807) are the most celebrated of his
many later productions. He left two sons, Aaron and Samuel, the elder of whom
was the compiler of the Eton Comparative Atlas, of a Biblical atlas, and of
various manuals of geography.
The business was thus carried on in company with John Arrowsmith (1790-1873),
nephew of the elder Aaron. In 1821, they published a more complete North
American map from a combination of a maps obtained from the Hudson's Bay Company
and Aaron's previous one. In 1834 John published his London Atlas, the best set
of maps then in existence. He followed up the atlas with a long series of
elaborate and carefully executed maps, those of Australia, America, Africa and
India being especially valuable. In 1863 he received the gold medal of the Royal
Geographical Society, of which body he was one of the founders.
Name: Aaron Arrowsmith
Born: 1750
Died: 1823
Aaron Arrowsmith was an English geographer and member of
the Arrowsmith family of geographers. He moved to Soho Square, London from
Winston, County Durham when about twenty years of age, and was employed by John
Cary, the engraver and held for some years the office of hydrographer to the
king. In January 1790 he made himself famous by his large chart of the world on
Mercator projection. Four years later he published another large map of the
world on the globular projection, with a companion volume of explanation. The
maps of North America (1796) and Scotland (1807) are the most celebrated of his
many later productions. He left two sons, Aaron and Samuel, the elder of whom
was the compiler of the Eton Comparative Atlas, of a Biblical atlas, and of
various manuals of geography.
The business was thus carried on in company with John Arrowsmith (1790-1873),
nephew of the elder Aaron. In 1821, they published a more complete North
American map from a combination of a maps obtained from the Hudson's Bay Company
and Aaron's previous one. In 1834 John published his London Atlas, the best set
of maps then in existence. He followed up the atlas with a long series of
elaborate and carefully executed maps, those of Australia, America, Africa and
India being especially valuable. In 1863 he received the gold medal of the Royal
Geographical Society, of which body he was one of the founders.