Carte de la Tartarie Chinoise [French]
Map of Chinese Tartary [translation] et des pays limitrophes [French]
and of the neighboring countries [translation]
Dressee sur les Observations du P. de Mailla [French] Mapped on
the observations of P. du Mailla [translation] par M. Brion de la
Tour Ingen. Geographe du Roy [French] by M. Brion de la Tour, cartographer
of the king. [translation]
LOUIS BRION DE LA TOUR 1756-1803
Beyond the fact that Brion de Ia Tour was an engineer
by profession and held the post of Ingenieur-Geographe du Roi, little
is known of his career. He published a wide range of statistical
works and a number of atlases, of which the following are the most
important:
* 1756 Cartes des Places Fortes et des Principaux
Ports des Isles Britanniques
* 1757 Cotes Maritimes de France
* 1766 Atlas Itineraire Portatif (8vo)
* 1766 Atlas General 1776, 1786 Re-issued
* 1795 Description generale de l'Europe etc (4to)
* 1803 Atlas geographique et statistique de la France
(4to)
This map is clearly based on the work of Jean Baptiste
Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) and that makes this map an Anville
type. |