Apian, Philipp Dates of birth and death: 1531 in Ingolstadt - 1589
Also known as: P. A. ; Bennewitz / Bienewitz / Petrus Apianus ;Worked for: university of Ingolstadt (as successor of his father) ; Große Karte von Bayern ( Bairische Landtafeln, ordered in 1554 and finished in 1566);
Apian / Apianus, Peter / Petrus Dates of birth and death: 1495 in Leisnig, Saxony - 1552
Also known as: P. A. ; Peter Bennewitz / Bienewitz / Petrus Apianus ;Worked for: map "Northern hemisphere with movable parts" (Landshut c. 1524) ;
Appel, Dates of birth and death: 1876 fl. in Vienna - 1882
Also known as: Worked for: Hermann Wilhelm Abich (1806-86): Geologische Forschungen in den kaukasischen Ländern (1876-82) ;
Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' Dates of birth and death: 1707 in Le Havre, France - 1780
Also known as: J. B. N. D. ; Dapres de Mannevilette ;Worked for: Mémoire sur la navigation de France aux Indes (Paris 1768) ; various maps published under summary title: Neptune oriental (1745-1775) ; Biographie Universelle, Ancienne et Moderne 2 (1811) ; Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie (1878) ; Dictionnaire biographique de La Réunion 1 (1993) ; John Blake: Vermessung der Meere. Historische Seekarten (2007: 80) ; Autour de d'A. de M., savant navigateur, Cahiers Havrais de Recherche ;
Apstein, Carl Heinrich Dates of birth and death: 1862 in Stettin - 1950
Also known as: C. H. A. ; Carl Apstein / C. Apstein ; Worked for: University of Kiel ; Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin; C.H. Apstein: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899; Nordisches Plankton; Tierleben der Hochsee. Reisebegleiter für Seefahrer, Kiel 1905;
Aquilone, Giusto Dates of birth and death: 1520 c. - 1565 fl.
Also known as: G. A .; Worked for: Della formatione de tre cerchi ... di artigleria, c.1565; kept in the Blb. Naz. di Firenze, Florence, Italy ;
Arago, Jacques Étienne Victor Dates of birth and death: 1790 in Estagel, Pyrénées-Orientales - 1854 or 1855
Also known as: J. E. V. A. ; Jacques Arago / byname l'aveugle ;Worked for: Louis Auguste de Sainson & Louis de Freycinet & Jacques Arago: Curieux Voyage autour du Monde (Paris 1822-44) ; Voyage en Islande et au Groenland executé pendant les années 1835 et 1836 sur la Corvette La Recherche commandé par M. Trébouard (7 text-vols. 1838-1852 & 3 atlases); J.E.V.A.: Souvenirs d'un aveugle (1839-93) ; journal: La Mode ;
