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.