Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
Biografie1697 - 1782
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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville (1697, Paris – 1782, Paris) was a French cartographer who greatly improved map-making. He displayed exceptional knowledge of ancient and medieval geography. His first important map was that of China (1735), published as Nouvel atlas de la Chine (1737; New atlas of China). His maps of Italy contained numerous corrections of errors in existing maps. His maps of Africa (1749) and Asia (1751) were important too.
His Atlas généneral (1743) was frequently revised. In 1766 his Mémoires sur l’Égypte ancienne et moderne (Memoirs on the ancient and modern Egypt) was published. It is the first and only edition of an excellent cartographic study of ancient Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea, with parts of present-day Saudi Arabia (including Mecca and Medina) and Yemen. D’Anville was appointed first cartographer to the king of France in 1773.
His Atlas généneral (1743) was frequently revised. In 1766 his Mémoires sur l’Égypte ancienne et moderne (Memoirs on the ancient and modern Egypt) was published. It is the first and only edition of an excellent cartographic study of ancient Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea, with parts of present-day Saudi Arabia (including Mecca and Medina) and Yemen. D’Anville was appointed first cartographer to the king of France in 1773.
