Historedia
Person

Tobias Conrad Lotter

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1777–1781

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Tobias Conrad Lotter, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Cook's Discovery of Kiritimati

    1777–1781

    Role: Cartographer who mapped the island in 1781 in Augsburg

    1. 24 December 1777 · Kiritimati (Christmas Island), northern Line IslandsCook's Arrival at Kiritimati

      Captain James Cook visited the Pacific atoll of Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1777, during his third voyage.

    2. 1781 · Augsburg (publication location not among allowed places)Mapping as Île des Tortues

      In 1781, Tobias Conrad Lotter mapped the island in Augsburg as île des Tortues (Turtles Island), following Cook's 1777 visit.

Sources

  1. Kiritimati Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08