Edmund March Blunt
1770
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1862
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
occupation: explorer, publisher, hydrographer, cartographer
Edmund March Blunt (June 20, 1770 – January 4, 1862) was an American navigator, author, and publisher of nautical magazines. He established a nautical book and chart publishing firm that became the largest publishing firm in the early 19th century. In 1796, he published American Coastal Pilot, which described every port of the United States. Blunt created a map in 1796 of what is now the Federated States of Micronesia. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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