Alexander Carte [SEP] date of death
Alexander Carte
Dr Alexander Carte MD, FRCSI, MRIA (11 August 1805 – 25 September 1881) was an Irish zoologist and palaeontologist and was first director Natural History Museum, Dublin.
Early life.
Alexander Carte was born 11 August 1805 to Edward and Margaret Carte (née Elliot), in Newcastle West, County Limerick, the couple's only son. Edward Carte was an agent for the Devon estates in Co. Limerick. Carte began his education at Mr O'Brien's Academy, Limerick, then entering the Royal
the National Geodetic Survey under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association).
Further developments in modern cartography Nineteenth century.
During his travels in Spanish America (1799–1804) Alexander von Humboldt created the most accurate map of New Spain (now Mexico) to date. Published as part of his "Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne" (1811) ("Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain"), Humboldt's "Carte du Mexique" (1804) was based on existing maps of Mexico,