John Paul Goode- John Goode created the homolosine projection, which is basically the best qualities of the homolographic and sinusoidal projections in one map. His specialties are atlases. One of his Atlases was controversial due to America's location which happened to be the center of the world.
Erwin Raisz-Erwin Raisz is most known for his delicate artwork of his skillfull hand drawn maps. He is a also known for his physiographic maps of landforms.
George Jenks-20th-century cartographer, who is well known for giving cartography a jump start by reviving the past and using new inks, paper, and have the undoubtedly amazing skills and techniques to draw maps precisely.
Waldo Tobler-influential American-Swiss geographer and cartographer. Established the 1st law of geography "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things."
The earliest map found to date is from the Babylonians. It was created about 8000 years ago.
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