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Philippe Buache

Philippe Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 7 February 1700; died Paris, 24 January 1773) was a French geographer, known for inventing a new system of geography and popularizing this topic. • Illustration — This 1753 map by Philippe Buache locates Fusang ("Fou-Sang des Chinois", "Fusang of the Chinese") north of the State of California. • Illustration — Philippe Buache, Carte d'une partie de l'Océan vers l'Équateur entre les costes d'Afrique et d'Amérique.. Map engraved on copper (63,5 x 48,3 cm), showing Fernando de Noronha island • Illustration — Jean-Étienne Guettard and Philippe Buache, Carte minéralogique sur la nature du terrain d’une portion de l’Europe, possibly the first true geological map.

Also recorded as P. B. · Philippe Buache de la Neuville · Phillipe Buache

Philippe Buache

1753 world map by the French cartographer Philippe Buache

Philippe Buache · [1] · Public domain

Born
1700
Died
1773
Nationality
France
Occupation
architect · geographer · printmaker · draftsperson · publisher · cartographer

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