Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (born 1697)

Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

French cartographer and geographer (1697–1782)

Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was a French geographer and cartographer who greatly improved the standards of map-making. D'Anville became cartographer to the king, who purchased his cartographic materials, the largest collection in France. He made more than 200 maps during…