Johann Friedrich Endersch

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Johann Friedrich Endersch (25 October 1705 – 28 March 1769) was a German cartographer and mathematician. Endersch also held the title of Royal Mathematician to King Augustus III of Poland.

Life

Endersch was born in Dörnfeld an der Heide, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, but lived most of his life in Elbing (Elbląg), Royal Prussia[1] in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2]

In 1755 Endersch completed for Imperial Prince-Bishop Adam Stanisław Grabowski (Cesissimo ac Reverendissimo S. Rom. Imp. Principi Domino Adam Stanisslao in Grabowo Grabowski Episcopo Warmiensi et Sambiesi, Terrarum Prussiae Preusch) a map of Warmia titled Tabula Geographica Episcopatum Warmiensem in Prussia Exhibens. The map, detailing the towns of Warmia (Ermland), was commissioned for the court of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I.

Endersch made a copper etching that depicted a galley that had been built in Elbing in 1738 and was named D' Stadt Elbing[3][4] (German for "City of Elbing").

Notes

  1. ^ Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, page 190-191, Jaroslav Miller 2008
  2. ^ Daniel Stone,A History of East Central Europe, University of Washington Press, 2001, p. 30, ISBN 0295980931 Google Books
  3. ^ http://www.hans-pfau-elbing.de/51601.html
  4. ^ http://www.elblag-moje-miasto.pl/statek.htm

External links

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