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13-553: Tardieu may refer to: Ambroise Tardieu (1788–1841) French engraver and cartographer. André Tardieu (1876–1945), three times Prime Minister of France (between 1929 and 1932) Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818–1879), forensic medical scientist of the mid 19th century; President of the French Academy of Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Legal Medicine at

26-403: A description of the creation and form of the whole universe, not simply as a collection of maps. The volume that was published posthumously one year after his death is a wide-ranging text but, as the editions evolved, it became simply a collection of maps and it is in that sense that the word was used from the middle of the 17th century. The neologism coined by Mercator was a mark of his respect for

39-410: A famous forensic medical scholar, who supplied the illustrations for Pierre François Olive Rayer 's three-volume Traité des maladies des reins (1839–41), a treatise on diseases of the kidneys. Neither should be confused with Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu, an unrelated French cartographer and engraver active in the early 19th century. Tardieu came from a family boasting a number of fine engravers, and

52-488: Is awarded to the collection of maps Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by the Brabantian cartographer Abraham Ortelius printed in 1570. Atlases published nowadays are quite different from those published in the 16th–19th centuries. Unlike today, most atlases were not bound and ready for the customer to buy, but their possible components were shelved separately. The client could select the contents to their liking, and have

65-581: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ambroise Tardieu Ambroise Tardieu (2 March 1788, in Paris – 17 January 1841, in Paris) was a French cartographer and engraver , and is celebrated for his version of John Arrowsmith 's 1806 map of the United States. Tardieu's son, Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818–1879), was also an artist and

78-728: Is remembered for more than 800 portraits engraved through his career, many depicting scientists of the period. Tardieu published a number of atlases , one of which appeared in 1842 and was titled Atlas universel de geographie, ancienne et moderne/dresse par Ambroise Tardieu pour l'intelligence de la Geographie universelle par Malte-Brun. He also published an inflatable terrestrial globe. Atlas Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today, many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographical features and political boundaries , many atlases often feature geopolitical , social, religious , and economic statistics . They also have information about

91-469: The Titan Atlas , the "King of Mauretania", whom he considered to be the first great geographer. The first work that contained systematically arranged maps of uniform size representing the first modern atlas was prepared by Italian cartographer Pietro Coppo in the early 16th century; however, it was not published at that time, so it is conventionally not considered the first atlas. Rather, that title

104-846: The University of Paris Charlotte Tardieu (1829-1890), French composer Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu (1731-1773), French engraver Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu (1716–1791), French engraver Jean Tardieu (1903–1995), French artist, musician, poet and dramatic author Jean-Charles Tardieu (1765–1830), French painter Jerry Tardieu (born 1967), Haitian congressman Pierre François Tardieu (1711–1771), French engraver and cartographer. Marie-Anne Tardieu (1732–1826), married name of Marie-Anne Rousselet , French engraver Marie Laure Tardieu (1902–1998), French botanist Michel Tardieu (born 1938), French scholar Nicolas-Henri Tardieu (1674–1749), French engraver Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (1756-1844), French engraver Topics referred to by

117-511: The central area (for example, Geographers' A-Z Map Company 's A–Z atlas of London is 1:22,000 for Greater London and 1:11,000 for Central London ). A travel atlas may also be referred to as a road map . A desk atlas is made similar to a reference book . It may be in hardback or paperback form. There are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites) in the Solar System . Atlases of anatomy exist, mapping out organs of

130-467: The map and places in it. The use of the word "atlas" in a geographical context dates from 1595 when the German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura ("Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe and the universe as created"). This title provides Mercator's definition of the word as

143-513: The maps coloured/gilded or not. The atlas was then bound. Thus, early printed atlases with the same title page can be different in contents. States began producing national atlases in the 19th century. A travel atlas is made for easy use during travel, and often has spiral bindings, so it may be folded flat. National atlases in Europe are typically printed at a scale of 1:250,000 to 1:500,000; city atlases are 1:20,000 to 1:25,000, doubling for

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156-465: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tardieu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tardieu&oldid=1154428701 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

169-479: Was trained from an early age by his uncle, Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (1756–1844), a leading French engraver. Showing considerable talent in this field, Ambroise persevered and became a celebrated engraver of portraits. In addition he was appointed as geographical engraver for the French government, for which he received a small stipend. In order to eke out this meagre wage, he began to trade in prints, books and maps. He

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