Philippe Buache
French geographer (1700-1773) · France · Architects · Died at 72
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Something wrong?Philippe Buache was a French geographer, known for inventing a new system of geography and popularizing this topic.
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This 1753 map by Philippe Buache locates Fusang ("Fou-Sang des Chinois", "Fusang of the Chinese") north of the State of California.
Philippe Buache, Carte d'une partie de l'Océan vers l'Équateur entre les costes d'Afrique et d'Amérique... Paris, 1737. Map engraved on copper (63,5 x 48,3 cm), showing Fernando de Noronha island
Jean-Étienne Guettard and Philippe Buache, Carte minéralogique sur la nature du terrain d’une portion de l’Europe, possibly the first true geological map.Awards
About this person
Country
France
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1700 to 1773 · aged 72
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