Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (born 1766)

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer. He was a man of talent and accomplishment, but his love of self-promotion and refusal to let the truth get in the way of a good story leave some aspects of his life in mystery.