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Alexis Hubert Jaillot, Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville: "Partie du Cercle d'Austriche, ou sont les Duchés de Stirie, de Carinthie, de Carniole et autres Estats Hereditaires a la Maison d'Austriche"Sanson: Patrie Cercle D'Austriche
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Jaillot, Alexis Hubert (1632-1712) French cartographer and publisher of Maps for his atlases he took mainly from Nicolas Sanson. The most famous works: New atlas (Atlas Nouveau) from 1674 with numerous later reprints (in the edition from 1693 Croatia is shown on two maps) and Atlas of the sea (Le Neptune François) from 1693 with many maritime maps.
Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667) is one of the the most important French cartographers of the early modern century. He is the first French cartographer to hold the title of royal cartographer and is considered the founder of French national cartography. He is also one of the first French cartographers who also depicted Croatian lands. The first Sanson atlas appeared in 1654. Sanson's second and most famous atlas "Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde" appeared in 1658. Already in 1664, the second edition of that atlas appeared.
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