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French geographers

31 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alexandre Guy PingréPerson · Music memorabiliaDom Alexandre Guy Pingré (September 1711 – 1 May 1796) was a French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer.
Alexandre VuilleminAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Map of Indre et Loire Department from Vuillemin's 1858 edition of La France et ses Colonies, showing his typically detailed and decorative margins.
André ThévetEngraver · PrintsAndré Thevet, OFM (lang; 1516 – 23 November 1590) was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and South America.
Bernard PalissyArtist · CeramicsBernard Palissy (bɛʁnaʁ palisi; c. 1589) was a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain.
Conrad Malte-BrunAuthor · Maps and atlasesConrad Malte-Brun (French: [kɔ̃ʁad malt bʁœ̃]; born Malthe Conrad Bruun; 12 August 1775 – 14 December 1826), sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun, was a Dano-French geographer and…
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Élie ReclusAuthor · BooksÉlie Reclus (lang; July 16, 1827 – February 11, 1904) was a French ethnographer and anarchist.
Eugène MageAuthor · BooksEugène Abdon Mage (30 July 1837 – 19 December 1869) was a French naval officer and explorer of Africa.
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Jacques-Nicolas BellinAuthor · Maps and atlasesJacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the "philosophes".
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'AnvilleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist buʁgiɲɔ̃ dɑ̃vil];
Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de RochelleAuthor · BooksJean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle (26 March 1762 – March 1849) was a French geographer, writer, poet and ambassador to the U.S.
Jean PalairetAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean Palairet (1697–1774) was a teacher and a French cartographer.
Jean-Baptiste Du HaldeAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Du Halde (Pinyin: Dù Hèdé; 1 February 1674 – 18 August 1743) was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China.
Jean-François de BourgoingAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean-François de Bourgoing
Joseph NicolletAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786 – September 11, 1843), also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper…
Joseph-Nicolas DelisleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph-Nicolas Delisle (lang; 4 April 1688 – 11 September 1768) was a French astronomer and cartographer.
Louis Vivien de Saint-MartinAuthor · Maps and atlasesLouis Vivien, called Vivien de Saint-Martin, (17 May 1802 – 26 December 1896) was a 19th-century French geographer.
Nicolas de FerEngraver · PrintsNicolas de Fer (1646 – 25 October 1720) was a French cartographer and geographer. He also was an engraver and publisher.
Nicolas SansonAuthor · Maps and atlasesNicolas Sanson (20 December 1600 – 7 July 1667) was a French cartographer who served under two kings in matters of geography. He has been called the "father of French cartography."
Octavie CoudreauAuthor · BooksMarie Octavie Coudreau (née Renard; 1867–1938) was a French explorer from Anais, Charente, and author of several books on French Guiana and northern Brazil.
Petrus GylliusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Title page of Petrus Gyllius' 1535 translation of Aelian.
Philippe BuacheEngraver · PrintsPhilippe 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.
Pierre JacotinAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre Jacotin (1765–1827) was the director of the survey for the Carte de l'Égypte (Description de l'Égypte), the first triangulation-based map of Egypt, Syria and Palestine.
Pierre M. LapieAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Map of Asian-Eastern Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, Balochistan, and Arabia by Pierre M. Lapie
Pierre PeytierAuthor · Maps and atlases
Roland BonapartePhotographer · PhotographyRoland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (19 May 1858 – 14 April 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death.
Samuel de ChamplainAuthor · Maps and atlasesSamuel de Champlain (lang; baptized 13 August 1574 – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City…

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