122:
210:, was published when he was fifteen. At the age of twenty-two, he was appointed one the king's geographers, and began to attract the attention of first authorities. D'Anville's studies embraced everything of geographical nature in the world's literature, as far as he could muster it: for this purpose, he not only searched ancient and modern historians, travelers and narrators of every description, but also poets, orators and philosophers. One of his cherished subjects was to reform geography by putting an end to the blind copying of older maps, by testing the commonly accepted positions of places through a rigorous examination of all the descriptive authority, and by excluding from cartography every name inadequately supported. Vast spaces, which had before been bordered with countries and cities, were thus suddenly reduced mostly to a blank.
163:
146:
184:
173:
571:
261:(1771) rendering his labours still more generally useful. His last employment consisted in arranging his collection of maps, plans and geographical materials. It was the most extensive in Europe, and had been purchased by the king, who, however, left him the use of it during his life. This task performed, he sank into a total imbecility both of mind and body, which continued for two years, until his death in January 1782.
31:
252:
soon after had made in the papal states strikingly confirmed the French geographer's results. In his later years d'Anville did yeoman service for ancient and medieval geography, accomplishing something like a revolution in the former; mapping afresh all the chief countries of the pre-Christian
113:. In particular, D'Anville left unknown areas of continents blank and noted doubtful information as such, contrary to the lavish maps of his predecessors. His maps remained the reference point in cartography throughout the 19th century and were used by numerous explorers and travellers.
108:
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 his lifetime, which are characterized by a careful, accurate work largely based on
323:
D'Anville's published memoirs and dissertations amounted to 78, and his maps to 211. A complete edition of his works was announced in 1806 by de Manne in 6 vols. quarto, but only two had appeared when the editor died in 1832. See Bon-Joseph Dacier,
248:, which first indicated numerous errors in the mapping of that country and was accompanied by a valuable mémoir (a novelty in such work), showing in full the sources of the design. A trigonometrical survey which
586:
641:
656:
236:
In 1735 and 1736, he brought out two treatises on the figure of the earth; but these attempts to solve geometrical problems by literary material were, to a great extent, refuted by
646:
233:
from 1708–1716. D'Anville's China maps were called the "standard
Western source for the geography of China and adjacent regions," throughout the 19th century.
129:'s "Description geographique de la Chine", compiled based on the first systematic geographic survey of the entire Chinese Empire by a team of French Jesuits (
407:
651:
213:
D'Anville was at first employed in the humbler task of illustrating by maps the works of different travellers, such as
Marchais, Charlevoix, Labat and
270:
121:
199:. His passion for geographical research displayed itself from early years: aged twelve he was already amusing himself by drawing maps for
591:
661:
441:
374:
383:
226:
282:
621:
606:
293:
636:
286:
162:
145:
189:
Troisième partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Sibérie, et quelques autres parties de la
Tartarie
348:
297:
278:
183:
237:
218:
328:(Paris, 1802). Besides the separate works noticed above, d'Anville's maps executed for Rollin's
203:
authors. Later, his friendship with the antiquarian, Abbé Longuerue, greatly aided his studies.
281:, and in the same year was appointed first geographer to the king. He was also a member of the
431:
221:
by the last-named writer he was employed to make an atlas, which was published separately at
631:
626:
551:
8:
344:
Pere J. B. du Halde with maps by d'Anville, "Description geographique de la Chine", 1735.
437:
379:
312:
241:
196:
110:
304:
545:
526:
96:
433:
The
History of Cartography, Volume 4: Cartography in the European Enlightenment
230:
207:
172:
195:
Jean-Baptiste
Bourguignon d'Anville was born in Paris on 11 July 1697, in the
615:
582:
577:
595:. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 157–158.
30:
249:
104:
11 July 1697 – 28 January 1782) was a French geographer and
72:
105:
77:
273:, whose transactions he enriched with many papers. In 1773, he became
222:
378:. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 175–176.
259:États formés en Europe après la chute de l'empire romain en occident
214:
126:
576:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
477:
372:
Taton, Juliette (1970). "Anville, Jean-Baptiste
Bourguignon D'".
240:' measurements of a degree within the polar circle. D'Anville's
269:
In 1754, at the age of fifty-seven, he became a member of the
292:
A street was named after him 82 years after his death in the
245:
200:
101:
657:
Honorary members of the Saint
Petersburg Academy of Sciences
308:
642:
492:
509:
507:
457:
455:
453:
547:
The Origin of
Certain Place Names in the United States
504:
450:
225:
in 1737. Information for the maps of China came from
125:
d'Anville's map of China and
Central Asia (1734) for
255:
Mémoire et abrégé de géographie ancienne et générale
229:made across the Chinese empire by the order of the
436:. University of Chicago Press. pp. 114–115.
430:Edney, Matthew H.; Pedley, Mary Sponberg (2020).
613:
478:"New Atlas of China, Chinese Tartary and Tibet"
543:
414:(6 ed.). Columbia University Press. 2012.
16:French cartographer and geographer (1697–1782)
253:civilizations (especially Egypt), and by his
647:Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)
429:
271:Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
296:, and his statue was placed on the city's
29:
652:Members of the French Academy of Sciences
527:"Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville"
581:
513:
498:
461:
338:Traité des mesures anciennes et modernes
182:
171:
120:
550:. Government Printing Office. pp.
408:"Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'"
361:"Geographie Ancienne et Abregee", 1769.
244:was more successful in his 1743 map of
614:
472:
470:
587:Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'
533:. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
371:
187:Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville:
95:
425:
423:
421:
531:Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
467:
89:Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
23:Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
13:
375:Dictionary of Scientific Biography
365:
347:"Nouvel Atlas de la Chine", 1737 (
14:
673:
662:18th-century French cartographers
600:
418:
97:[ʒɑ̃batistbuʁgiɲɔ̃dɑ̃vil]
607:University of Virginia biography
569:
340:(1769), deserve special notice.
283:Society of Antiquaries of London
161:
144:
318:
206:His first serious map, that of
537:
519:
400:
151:D'Anville's two-part 1746 map
1:
393:
130:
294:14th arrondissement of Paris
116:
7:
287:Russian Academy of Sciences
10:
678:
315:are also named after him.
412:The Columbia Encyclopedia
264:
65:
49:
37:
28:
21:
60:Paris, Kingdom of France
44:Paris, Kingdom of France
592:Encyclopædia Britannica
544:Gannett, Henry (1905).
480:. World Digital Library
153:Amérique Septentrionale
192:
180:
137:
622:Scientists from Paris
311:and the community of
279:Académie des Sciences
186:
176:d'Anville's 1749 map
175:
124:
93:French pronunciation:
219:description of China
501:, pp. 157–158.
637:French geographers
326:Éloge de d'Anville
193:
181:
138:
443:978-0-226-33922-1
354:"Atlas General",
349:digitized version
330:Histoire ancienne
313:Danville, Vermont
275:adjoint géographe
242:historical method
197:Kingdom of France
111:original research
86:
85:
669:
596:
575:
573:
572:
556:
555:
541:
535:
534:
523:
517:
511:
502:
496:
490:
489:
487:
485:
474:
465:
459:
448:
447:
427:
416:
415:
404:
389:
334:Histoire romaine
165:
148:
135:
132:
99:
94:
56:
33:
19:
18:
677:
676:
672:
671:
670:
668:
667:
666:
612:
611:
603:
585:, ed. (1911). "
570:
568:
560:
559:
542:
538:
525:
524:
520:
512:
505:
497:
493:
483:
481:
476:
475:
468:
460:
451:
444:
428:
419:
406:
405:
401:
396:
386:
368:
366:Further reading
321:
267:
170:
169:
168:
167:
166:
157:
156:
155:
149:
133:
119:
92:
82:
61:
58:
54:
53:28 January 1782
45:
42:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
675:
665:
664:
659:
654:
649:
644:
639:
634:
629:
624:
610:
609:
602:
601:External links
599:
598:
597:
583:Chisholm, Hugh
558:
557:
536:
518:
516:, p. 158.
503:
491:
466:
464:, p. 157.
449:
442:
417:
398:
397:
395:
392:
391:
390:
384:
367:
364:
363:
362:
359:
352:
345:
320:
317:
298:Hotel de Ville
266:
263:
231:Kangxi Emperor
208:Ancient Greece
191:, Paris (1753)
160:
159:
158:
150:
143:
142:
141:
140:
139:
118:
115:
84:
83:
81:
80:
75:
69:
67:
63:
62:
59:
57:(aged 84)
51:
47:
46:
43:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
674:
663:
660:
658:
655:
653:
650:
648:
645:
643:
640:
638:
635:
633:
630:
628:
625:
623:
620:
619:
617:
608:
605:
604:
594:
593:
588:
584:
579:
578:public domain
567:
566:
565:
564:
553:
549:
548:
540:
532:
528:
522:
515:
514:Chisholm 1911
510:
508:
500:
499:Chisholm 1911
495:
479:
473:
471:
463:
462:Chisholm 1911
458:
456:
454:
445:
439:
435:
434:
426:
424:
422:
413:
409:
403:
399:
387:
385:0-684-10114-9
381:
377:
376:
370:
369:
360:
357:
353:
350:
346:
343:
342:
341:
339:
335:
331:
327:
316:
314:
310:
306:
301:
299:
295:
290:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
262:
260:
256:
251:
247:
243:
239:
234:
232:
228:
224:
220:
216:
211:
209:
204:
202:
198:
190:
185:
179:
174:
164:
154:
147:
128:
123:
114:
112:
107:
103:
98:
90:
79:
76:
74:
71:
70:
68:
64:
52:
48:
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
590:
563:Attribution:
562:
561:
546:
539:
530:
521:
494:
482:. Retrieved
432:
411:
402:
373:
355:
337:
333:
329:
325:
322:
319:Bibliography
302:
291:
274:
268:
258:
254:
250:Benedict XIV
235:
227:land surveys
212:
205:
194:
188:
177:
152:
106:cartographer
88:
87:
73:Cartographer
55:(1782-01-28)
41:11 July 1697
632:1782 deaths
627:1697 births
303:The crater
134: 1700
66:Occupations
616:Categories
484:21 January
394:References
336:, and his
238:Maupertuis
217:. For the
100:; born in
78:Geographer
300:in 1881.
223:the Hague
117:Biography
285:and the
257:and his
215:du Halde
127:du Halde
580::
307:on the
305:Anville
277:of the
178:Afrique
574:
440:
382:
265:Honors
358:1740.
356:circa
246:Italy
201:Latin
102:Paris
486:2013
438:ISBN
380:ISBN
332:and
309:Moon
50:Died
38:Born
589:".
552:100
618::
529:.
506:^
469:^
452:^
420:^
410:.
351:).
289:.
131:c.
554:.
488:.
446:.
388:.
136:)
91:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)
