Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723, Paris – 1786) was an 18th-century French geographer. The son of Robert de Vaugondy, he was appointed geographer of the King by Louis XV, geographer of the Duke of Lorraine by Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine. In 1773, he became royal censor for works related to geography, navigation and travels.
Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Didier Robert de Vaugondy · World and Regional Maps Collection · Public domain
- Born
- 1723
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 1786
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- encyclopédistes, geographer and cartographer.
- Languages
- French.
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Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723, Paris – 1786) was an 18th-century French geographer. The son of Robert de Vaugondy, he was appointed geographer of the King by Louis XV, geographer of the Duke of Lorraine by Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine. In 1773, he became royal censor for works related to geography, navigation and travels.
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The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Didier Robert de Vaugondy is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée de la civilisation and Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Outline color. Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on linen. Printed in cartouche in upper left corner: "Amérique Septentrionale, dressée, sur les Relations les plus moderns des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, et divisée suivant les differentes possessions des Européens. Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy, fils de Mr. Robert Géographe ordin. 'Du Roy. Avec Privilege
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Contains two maps on one leaf. Written in pencil in lower right corner: ”Diderot L60 1752. TOP MAP DESCRIPTION Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Outline color. Printed at top of map above Arctic
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• Born — 1723 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 1786 • Fields — geography • Notable Works — L'Europe: divisée en ses états, empires, royaumes et républiques • Illustration — Map Environs de Paris ("Surroundings of Paris"), from the first edition of the Atlas Universel, Paris 1757. • Illustration — Map Les Isles du Cap-Verd, 1749 • Illustration — Madame de Pompadour's globe (1751):fr:musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres.
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• L'Europe: divisée en ses états, empires, royaumes et républiques. Delamache, Paris 1767 • Collaboration to the Encyclopédie, Vol 7: Foang – Gythium, Paris 1757. • Article Fuseau (Geog.), (p. 385) • Article Géographie, (p. 608–613) • Article Globe (Astronom. & Géogr.), (p. 707–711)
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1723
Didier Robert de Vaugondy born at Paris.
1786
Didier Robert de Vaugondy died.
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