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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (born in Paris July 11, 1697January 28, 1782) was a geographer and cartographer who greatly improved the standards of map-making. [1]

15 relations: Ancient Greece, Anville (crater), Cartography, Danville, Vermont, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Historical method, Italy, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Latin, Moon, Paris, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Pope Benedict XIV, The Hague, Topographic map.

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Anville (crater)

Anville is a relatively small, solitary lunar impact crater located in the north part of the Mare Fecunditatis and is named after Jean-Baptiste d'Anville.

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Cartography

Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.

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Danville, Vermont

Danville is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.

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Dictionary of Scientific Biography

The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980.

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Historical method

Historical method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence, including the evidence of archaeology, to research and then to write histories in the form of accounts of the past.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jean-Baptiste Du Halde

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1 February 1674 Paris – 18 August 1743) was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pierre Louis Maupertuis

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698 – 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters.

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Pope Benedict XIV

Pope Benedict XIV (Benedictus XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, served as the Pope of the Catholic Church from 17 August 1740 to his death in 1758.

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The Hague

The Hague (Den Haag,, short for 's-Gravenhage) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland.

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Topographic map

In modern mapping, a topographic map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines, but historically using a variety of methods.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon_d'Anville

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