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Didier Robert de Vaugondy

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1786

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Robert de Vaugondy

Didier Robert de Vaugondy

Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723, Paris – 1786) was an 18th-century French geographer.

The son of Robert de Vaugondy, he was appointed geographer of the King by Louis XV, geographer of the Duke of Lorraine by Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine. In 1773, he became royal censor for works related to geography, navigation and travels.

Works

  • L’Europe : divisée en ses états, empires, royaumes et républiques. Delamache, Paris 1767
  • Collaboration to the Encyclopédie, Vol 7: Foang – Gythium, Paris 1757.
  • Article Fuseau (Geog.), (p. 385)
  • Article Géographie, (p. 608–613)
  • Article Globe (Astronom. & Géogr.), (p. 707–711)

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