Jean Rotz

World map by Jean Rotz, 1542

Jean Rotz (* around 1505; † 1560 ), also called Johne Rotz , was a French artist cartographer of the 16th century. He had a Scottish father and a French mother.

Career

Rotz was a member of the Dieppe card school. He may have accompanied Jean Parmentier to Sumatra in 1529 and definitely went to Brazil in 1539 . His work was heavily influenced by this early French exploration, which led him to create very decorative maps.

Since he was not employed by King Francis I , he went to England in 1542 and entered the service of Henry VIII .

Works

Boke of Idrography. ( The "Rotz Atlas". ) London 1542 ( digitized manuscript from the British Library , accessed July 17, 2018)

on this: Helen Wallis (Ed.): The maps and text of the Boke of idrography presented by Jean Rotz to Henry VIII. University Press, Oxford 1981, ISBN 0-9506641-0-3 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c David B. Quinn, Explorers and colonies: America, 1500-1625. Hambledon, London 1990, ISBN 978-1-85285-024-1 , pp. 57–58 ( limited preview in Google book search)
^ European travelers in India. National Library of Australia, Canberra 2014, ISBN 978-0-642-27809-8 , p. 123 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)

personal data
SURNAME	Snot, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Snot, Johne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French nautical cartographer, merchant and captain
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1505
DATE OF DEATH	1560

[quinn-1] A ^b ^c David B. Quinn, Explorers and colonies: America, 1500-1625. Hambledon, London 1990, ISBN 978-1-85285-024-1 , pp. 57–58 ( limited preview in Google book search)

[2] European travelers in India. National Library of Australia, Canberra 2014, ISBN 978-0-642-27809-8 , p. 123 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)