Barbié du Bocage Family Papers
Creator
Barbié du Bocage , Jean Denis , 1760-1825 , creator
Title
Barbié du Bocage Family Papers
Description
Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (sometimes misspelled Barbier Bocage) , b . 1760 , d . 1825 , was a student of the eighteenth-century mapmaker and historical geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville before becoming a significant mapmaker and historical geographer in his own right . Over the course of his career , he was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (both before and after the French Revolution) , the Cabinet des médailles in the Bibliothèque du roi (a position he lost when arrested as a suspect during the Terror) , the Ministry of Interior's cadastral map depot , and the Faculté de lettres de Paris where he was the first professor of ancient and modern geography . He was elected to the French National Institute in 1806 , and served at different times as President of the Société de géographie and the Société royal des antiquaries de France . He also worked on commissions for a variety of other ministries and private individuals . His published works include the atlas accompanying Jean-Jacques Barthélemy's Voyage du jeune Anarcharsis en Grèce (1789) . He played a central role in the production of the comte de Choiseul-Gouffier's Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce (1782-1824) and in producing maps to illustrate the travels of a number of early nineteenth century French men in Greece and the Ottoman Empire (Chandler , Castellan , and Pouqueville) and around the world (for example , a map of the Indian Ocean and South Pacific for Labillardière's Rélation du voyage à la recherché de la Pérouse (1799)) . He also prepared maps and wrote introductions to Antoine Ignace Melling's Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople and du rive de Bosphore (1819) . Jean Guillaume Barbié du Bocage , b . 1793 , d . 1843 , was the eldest son of Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage and succeeded him (after a period in Istanbul as a jeune de langues) as geographer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Contains correspondence , contract drafts , notes , sketches , and an engraving .
Date
1800-1847
Time Period
1800-1847
LC Subject Headings
Barbié du Bocage, Jean Denis, 1760-1825--Correspondence Barbié du Bocage, Jean Guillaume, 1793-1843--Correspondence Cartographers--France Geographers--France Cartography--France
EOA Categories
Geography & Environment -- Human Environment Geography & Environment -- Natural Environment -- Physical Features History -- 1783-1819: American Expansion History -- 1819-1838: Early Statehood and Indian Removal
Type
Text
Format
PDF
Record Group
RG 1257
File Name
1257-18-0006mc.pdf
Link to catalog
http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=4901556
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
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Coates , Midge
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