C.18th French cartographer an eminent member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Rouen. He began publishing geographical atlases such as Géographie moderne in collaboration with Louis Joseph Mondhare, publisher on rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. In 1776, he produced a remarkable set of wall maps depicting the four continents: Africa, America, Asia and Europe. Each map was accompanied by titles in French and Spanish, and surrounded by decorative scenes illustrating various aspects of each continent. The Map of Africa was divided into its principal states, based on the astronomical observations of the Académie des Sciences and the most recent memoirs. Similarly, the maps of America, Asia and Europe were divided into their principal countries.
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