Matthäus Seutter

Apparently uninspired by the beer business, Seutter left his apprenticeship and moved to Nuremberg where he apprenticed as an engraver under the tutelage of the prominent J.

Sometime in the early 18th century Seutter left Homann to establish his own independent cartographic publishing firm in Augsburg.

Though he struggled in the early years of his independence, Seutter’s engraving skill and commitment to diversified map production eventually gained him a substantial following.

Most of Seutter’s maps were heavily based upon, if not copies of, earlier work done by the Homann and Delisle firms.

[1] By 1732 Seutter was honored by the German Emperor Charles VI with the title of “Imperial Geographer”.