, geographical engineer of the marine, and member of the royal society of London,
, geographical engineer of the marine, and member of the royal society of London, was born
at Paris in 1703, and died the 21st of March 1772. He
had a singular knowledge in his art, which he employed
with great industry. He published, under the title of “< Hy-f
drpgraphie Frangoise,
” a series of marine charts, to the
number of -fourscore. 2. “Essais geographiques sur les
isles Britanniques,
” Essais sur le Guyane,
” Le petit Atlas Maritime,
” 4 vols.
4to. 5. “Le Neptune Frangais,
”