Matthias Quad (1557–1613) was an engraver and

cartographer Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an i ...

from

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

. He was the first European mapmaker to use dotted lines to indicate international borders.Helmut Walser Smith, ''The Continuities of German History'' (Cambridge University Press, 2008), p. 44.

Life

Matthias Quad was born and learnt engraving in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. An engraver in wood and stone, Quad collaborated with the Cologne publisher

Johann Bussemacher Johann Bussemacher (fl. c.1580 – 1613) was a German engraver and publisher. Bussemacher was active as an engraver, Printer (publishing), printer, and art dealer in Cologne from about 1580 to 1613. His many works include several images of saint ...

to publish a quarto atlas of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

in 1592. This was expanded into a ''Geographisches Handtbuch'' (1599), with more text than maps, and then into a proper atlas, ''Fasciculus Geographicus'' (1608).

Works

* ''Europea totius orbis terrarum praestantissimae...'', 1592
1596 edition on Internet Archive
* ''Globi terrestris compendium'', 1598
On Google Books
* ''Enchiridion Cosmographicum'', 1599
On Google Books
* ''Geographisches Handtbuch'', 1599/1600
On Google Books
* ''Deliciae Germaniae sive totius Germaniae itinerarium'', 1600
On Google Books
* ''Itinerarium Universae Germaniae'', 1602
On Google Books
* ''Deliciae Hispaniae et index viatorius indicans itinera'', 1604
On Google Books
* ''Fasciculus Geographicus'', 1608
On Google Books

References

1557 births 1613 deaths German engravers German cartographers Businesspeople from Cologne Emigrants from the Dutch Republic to the Holy Roman Empire {{Geographer-stub