Levasseur de Beauplan, Guillaume

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Levasseur de Beauplan, GUILLAUME

French military engineer/cartographer in the service of Ladislaus IV, King of Poland, 1630 – 1647. His 1650 “Ukraine” in 8 sheets, engraved by Hondius, is believed to be the first European military map of a large area: “Nova totius Regni Poloniae…,” 1652.

Dates

1595–1685

Place of birth

Guillaume