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C1807
Carte Particulaire de Detroit de Boutoun
Mapmaker:
C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre
“Levee et dressee dans le voyage du contre-amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, par C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre, ingenieur-hydrographe, en septembre et octobre 1793 (an 2 de l’ere Francaise).”
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Full Title:
Carte Particulaire de Detroit de Boutoun
Date:
C1807
Mapmaker:
C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
920mm
x 620mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1807
Description:
“Levee et dressee dans le voyage du contre-amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, par C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre, ingenieur-hydrographe, en septembre et octobre 1793 (an 2 de l’ere Francaise).”
Mapmaker:
Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (1766-1854)
Beautemps-Beaupre was a French hydrographer, hydrographic engineer and cartographer.
He accompanied the D’Entrecasteaux expedition in search of La Pérouse in 1791, and made a valuable contribution of to the charting of the Pacific. Subsequently he was employed in all of the important hydrographic labours undertaken during the First French Empire and the Bourbon Restoration. He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences in 1810 and was appointed chief hydrographer and keeper of the Dépôt de la Marine (predecessor of the Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service) in 1814.
