Guillaume Delisle

Delisle, Guillaume

Born Feb. 28, 1675, in Paris; died there Jan. 25, 1726. French cartographer, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1702).

Delisle published a world atlas (1700-14) on the basis of new materials after critically revising the cartographic conceptions of his time; he was the first to improve the mapping of the Mediterranean Sea by eliminating an error in longitude that had remained on geographic maps since the time of Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.); he totally redid the map of Africa. Delisle made use of the achievements of Russian cartography in his works.

REFERENCE

Salishchev, K. A. Osnovy kartovedeniia. Moscow, 1948.

单词	guillaume delisle
释义	Guillaume Delisle Delisle, Guillaume Born Feb. 28, 1675, in Paris; died there Jan. 25, 1726. French cartographer, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1702). Delisle published a world atlas (1700-14) on the basis of new materials after critically revising the cartographic conceptions of his time; he was the first to improve the mapping of the Mediterranean Sea by eliminating an error in longitude that had remained on geographic maps since the time of Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.); he totally redid the map of Africa. Delisle made use of the achievements of Russian cartography in his works. REFERENCE Salishchev, K. A. Osnovy kartovedeniia. Moscow, 1948.
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