Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
French geographer and cartographer
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. Wikipedia
Born: July 11, 1697, Paris, France
Died: January 28, 1782 (age 84 years), Paris, France