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Last Name Bourguignon d’Anville

Given Name Jean-Baptiste

alt. Names J.-B. B. ; Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville ;

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Year born 1697 in Paris

Year died 1782

Place of death Paris

Father's occupation

Relatives engraver -> Hubert-François Bourguignon d'Anville, called de Gravelot (1699-1773) (brother)

Education

Country of Activity France

Worked for Géographie ancienne abrégée ; Eclaircissemens geographiques sur la carte de l'Inde ; Atlas de géographie ancienne / A complete body of ancient geography ; A new and accurate map of North America ;

Patronage French Court: royal geographer ; Louis Ier d’Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1703-1752) ;

Collaborators Denis Diderot (1713-1784) & Jean-Baptiste le Rond, called D’Alembert, (1717-1783) ;

Techniques technical and geographical drawing and engraving, cartographical map-making ; hand-colouring

Sample(s) http://mapsandcharts.tumblr.com/image/5038710368

Archival sources https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Bourguignon_d%E2%80%99Anville

Published sources Diefenbacher, Heinz & Bach-Damaskinos 2002: 93, 144, 152, 162f. & 197 ;

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