John Ogilby
Translator and impresario
John Ogilby was a Scottish translator, impresario, publisher and cartographer. He was probably at least a half-brother to James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie, though neither overtly acknowledged this. Ogilby's most-noted works include translations of... Wikipedia
Born: November 17, 1600, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: September 4, 1676 (age 75 years), London, United Kingdom
Books: America Being the Latest and Most Accurate Description of the New World (Spanish Edition), America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World: Containing the Original of the Inhabitants, and the Remarkable Voyages Thither, Britannia depicta, or, Ogilby improv'd, and more
Place of burial: St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, United Kingdom
Edited works: The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Homer, His Iliads: Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, and An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China: Deliver'd by Their Excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at His Imperial City of Peking : Wherein the Cities, Towns, Villages, Ports, Rivers, &c. in Their Passages from Canton to Peking are Ingeniously Describ'd