, a French geographer, iyas a native of Draguignan in Provence,
, a French geographer,
iyas a native of Draguignan in Provence, or according to
other accounts, of Marseilles, and flourished about the
beginning of the 18th century. In 1698, he was appointed
envoy extraordinary to the courts of Mantua, Parma, and
Modena. His work entitled “Geographic Ancienne, Moderne, & Historique,
” Paris, 3 vols. 4to, 1689, 1691, and
5 vols. 12mo. Paris, 1694, has been much esteemed, as
uniting very skilfully details of history with geography. It
comprehends however only a part of Europej but that so
well executed, that it is to be regretted he did not finish
it. He died at Nancy, 1733, aged 76.