Claude Delisle
Claude Delisle or Claude de l'Isle, Latinized Insulanus, (born November 5, 1644 in Vaucouleurs , † May 2, 1720 in Paris ) was a French geographer and historian .
Delisle was the son of a doctor in Vaucouleurs, studied law in Pont-à-Mousson (with a doctorate in law) and was a lawyer before he settled in Paris in 1674, where he privately enjoyed geography and history taught. The Duke of Orleans and later Chancellor Henri François d'Aguesseau were among his students . He was later a royal censor. His main work is a world history published posthumously in 1731. He also left extensive manuscripts, including maps, for example of the Gulf of Mexico.
He had twelve children with Marie Madeleine de Danois, including Guillaume Delisle , who continued his father's map series and worked with him, Simon de l`Isle de l`Hèrissel (Simon-Claude Deslisle, 1676-1726), the historian like his Father was Joseph Nicolas Delisle and Louis De l'Isle de la Croyère .
Fonts
- Relation historique du royaume de Siam , Paris, 1684
- Atlas historique et généalogique , Paris, 1748
- Abrégé de l'histoire universelle depuis la création du monde jusqu'en 1714 , Paris, 1731, 7 volumes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Samuelersch u. a. General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts 1832, Article Deslisle
- ↑ Monique Pelletier The working-method of the new cartographers: The Gulf of Mexico and Spanish sources, 1696-1718 , Society for the History of Discoveries, 2002
- ^ Editor Adam Christian Gaspari , Friedrich Justin Bertuch , Vermischte Nachrichten, Claude de l`Isle, in General geographical Ephemeris, Volume 10, Weimar 1802
- ↑ Article Guillaume Delisle, Catholic Encyclopedia
Web links
- Standard entry of the BNF.
- Information on Claude Delisle in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Entry at Imago Mundi
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SURNAME | Delisle, Claude |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | l'Isle, Claude de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French geographer and historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1644 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vaucouleurs |
DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1720 |
Place of death | Paris |