1646-1720
Cartographer, engraver and publisher, Nicolas de Fer
issued altogether rather more than 600 separate maps, including
atlases, sheet maps and large wall maps.
It has been said that he aimed at quantity rather
than quality but he gained a great reputation in his lifetime and was
appointed Geographer to the King. Today his maps are still popular, in
spite of' or perhaps because of, their rather flamboyant decoration and
even for their geographical errors.
Click here to see maps published by de Fer.
Dictionary of map makers
An illustrated list of makers of maps, charts and globes from the earliest time of cartography to present.
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