Henri Michelot
Henri Michelot was a French cartographer and hydrographer of the late 17th and early 18th century. He is credited with sole or joint authorship of several influential cartographic works devoted to the Mediterranean. Michelot is described in the title cartouche of several charts he produced as "Hydrographer and Pilot for the Royal Galleys" of France and he is closely associated with Marseille, France, which was the home base of the French Galley Corps during its peak in the 1680s to its demise in the 1740s.
Henri Michelot
![Autor: Michelot, Henry, s. 18 Descripción bibliográfica: Recueil de plusieurs plans des ports et rades de la Mer Mediterranée... / leue et dessigné sur les lieux par les Srs. Michelot... et Bremond... - [S.l.: s.n., 1730?]. - [1] h. de grab., [38] h. de mapas; Fol. - Contiene mapas fechados en 1730. - Consta en la segunda h. de mapa.: "Ce vend chez Laurens Bremond sur le Port a Marseille au](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/%22Plan_de_Porto_Venere_et_du_Golfe_d%27Especia%22_%2822255094161%29.jpg/1280px-%22Plan_de_Porto_Venere_et_du_Golfe_d%27Especia%22_%2822255094161%29.jpg)
Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla from Sevilla, España · "Plan de Porto Venere et du Golfe d'Especia" · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1601
- Died
- 1701
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- cartographer
- Languages
- French
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Henri Michelot was a French cartographer and hydrographer of the late 17th and early 18th century. He is credited with sole or joint authorship of several influential cartographic works devoted to the Mediterranean. Michelot is described in the title cartouche of several charts he produced as "Hydrographer and Pilot for the Royal Galleys" of France and he is closely associated with Marseille, France, which was the home base of the French Galley Corps during its peak in the 1680s to its demise in the 1740s.
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Henri Michelot was a cartographer and France. Henri Michelot was born in 1601. Henri Michelot died in 1701. The language is French.
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Michelot's importance stems from three sources: 1) the long experience and close association he had with the areas that he charted; the war-like iconography of the title cartouches on his later works, including depictions of captured Muslim slaves; and the influences of other historical events of that time such as the plague of Marseilles in 1720. Early works by Michelot include two charts of the entire Mediterranean co-authored with Nicolas Therin (1689; engraved by Randon), possibly based on an earlier work by Francois Berthelot. Later printed works attributed to Henry Michelot were published until the early 19th century.
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Sujet: Méditerranée, Mer Méditerranée, Mer -- Littoral Tritons (mythologie) Personnages Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: AnvilMF Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: MAEDI008 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: MAEDIGen0
Michelot, Henri (16..-17.. · Bibliothèque nationale de France
Sujet: Méditerranée, Mer Méditerranée, Mer -- Littoral Tritons (mythologie) Personnages Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: AnvilMF Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: MAEDI008 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: MAEDIGen0
Michelot, Henri (16..-17.. · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1601
Henri Michelot born.
1701
Henri Michelot died.
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