Jean de Clamorgan
Jean de Clamorgan, Lord of Saane (c. 1480 in the diocese of Coutances –?), was a cartographer, navigator and military commander. Clamorgan is considered to be one of the best French admirals of the Marine Royale.
Jean de Clamorgan
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- Name
- Jean de Clamorgan
- Born
- c. 1480
- Died
- unknown
- Nationality
- France · Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- cartographer · sailor · writer
- Languages
- French
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Jean de Clamorgan, Lord of Saane (c. 1480 in the diocese of Coutances –?), was a cartographer, navigator and military commander. Clamorgan is considered to be one of the best French admirals of the Marine Royale.
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Having long served in the French Navy, Francis I of France made him captain of the Ponant being the first to receive this title. After his defeat at the Battle of Muros Bay in 1543 he retired to his land. He wrote a famous treatise on wolf hunting (La chasse du loup), published in 1567. He was also the author of a world map that Francis put in his library. The exact date of his death is not known.
Title page of the first edition of La Chasse du Loup, necessaire à la maison rustique by Jean de Clamorgan (1566)
Jean de Clamorgan (author), Jacques Du-Puys (editor) · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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• Name — Jean de Clamorgan • Born — c. 1480 • Died — unknown • Allegiance — Kingdom of France • Branch — Kingdom of France • Rank — Admiral • Battles — Battle of Muros Bay
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- 1.Homme et loup : 2000 ans d'Histoire. unicaen.fr.
- 2.Jean de Clamorgan, La Chasse au loup, nécessaire à la vie rustique. Paris, Jacques du Puys, 1566. sothebys.com.
- 3.Secrets de châteaux et manoirs. La Presse de la Manche. hors-série. 28. 2018. 979-1-0937-0115-8.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Clerc-Rampal, Georges./ de La Roncière, Bourel Charles. Histoire de la marine française, Vol 5.
- Jean de Clamorgan, Chasse au loup, nécessaire à la maison rustique, 1574. .
- Jean-François Hamel, René Gautier Dictionnaire des personnages remarquables de la Manche, tome 2, Marigny, 2002,
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