"L’Allemagne et Les Princes Souverains…" title-page engraving
| Author: | Nicolas Sanson I (1600–1667) |
Nicolas Sanson or Sanson d‘Abbeville (1600–1667), a French cartographer, was often referred to as the progenitor of the French school of geography. Sanson published more than 300 maps. His most significant atlas, Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde, was published in 1658. Alongside the historical maps of Poland-Lithuania, there were 5 Lituanistic maps in Sanson’s atlases: Curland-Samogitia and a map of the GDL consisting of four parts. After Nicolas Sanson’s death his heirs, Guillaume Sanson (died in 1703) and Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632–1712), continued publishing atlases with his name inscribed.
Nicolas Sanson or Sanson d‘Abbeville (1600–1667), a French cartographer, was often referred to as the progenitor of the French school of geography. Sanson published more than 300 maps. His most significant atlas, Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde, was published in 1658. Alongside the historical maps of Poland-Lithuania, there were 5 Lituanistic maps in Sanson’s atlases: Curland-Samogitia and a map of the GDL consisting of four parts. After Nicolas Sanson’s death his heirs, Guillaume Sanson (died in 1703) and Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632–1712), continued publishing atlases with his name inscribed.
