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From MapHist.com - Dictionary of Mapmakers T MELCHIOR TAVERNIER c. 1564-1644 Melchior Tavernier was a member of a large family involved in the publishing trade in Paris in the early years of the seventeenth century. He is probably best known for his publication of a map of the Post Roads of France which was copied many times until the end of the century. He also issued an atlas under the same title as J. le Clerc's Theatre Geographique, using many of Le Clerc's maps, but incorporating others from different sources. Apart from the maps noted below, he published works for other cartographers, including N. Sanson, N. Tassin, and P. Bertius. He is not to be confused with his nephew of the same name (1594-1665), who also engraved maps for Nicolas Sanson. This Article was published on MapHist.com - http://www.MapHist.com |