Cartographers are like explorers. They set out to make the unknown explorable and accessible for other people. If you're looking for a traditional name with a little adventure, try one of these boy baby names from well-known cartographers:
Abel (Abel Buell, 1742-1822, published the first map of the new United States created by an American)
Alexander (Alexander Wilbrecht, 1757-1823, Russian geographer)
Dirck (Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop, 1610-1682, cartographer, mathematician, and astonomist)
James (James Cook, 1728-1779, naval chart maker and navigator)
Max (Max Eckert-Greifendorff, 1868-1938, German cartographer)
Murdoch (Murdoch McKenzie, 1712-1797, Scottish cartographer and hydrographer)
Philip (Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, 1676-1747, Swede who drew maps of Russia)
Rafael (Rafael Palacios, 1905-1993, prolific map drawer for U.S. publications)
Thaddeus (Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler, 1842-1922, American pictorial cartographer)
Thomas (Thomas Jefferys, 1710-1771, geographer of good old King George III)
William (William Bligh, 1754-1817, ship master during Bounty mutiny)
Which of these baby boy names are 21st-century appropriate? Would any of you use the name Murdoch?
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