1626-48.
Fransk geograf, son till Nicolas Sanson (se denne). Under Fronden (kamp mellan olika politiska fraktioner i Frankrike under åren 1648-53) deltog han i gatukampen i Paris, blev allvarligt sårad och dog strax därefter. Trots sin korta levnad hann han få verket 'Traité de l'Europe en discours' utgivet vilken innehöll en rad kartor (1648). Hans far fullföljde verket med motsvarande band över Asien, Afrika och Amerika. Samtliga kom i flera utgåvor.
Bland arbeten.
Traité de l'Europe en discours.
Nouv. biogr. gen. - Tooley.
John: 1641-1708.
Samuel: before 1703-1739.
As a map engraver and hydrographer, Thornton was one of the best-known figures of his time, being appointed Hydrographer to the Hudson Bay Company and to the East India Company. He worked closely for many years with John Seller, William Fisher (fl. 1669-91), Richard Mount, Robert Morden and Philip Lea in preparing and publishing a number of well-known atlases and charts. In particular, when John Seller was beset by difficulties in completing the later volumes of the English Pilot, Thornton took over and subsequently published Book III (1703) and Book IV (1689), the latter in conjunction with William Fisher. He also assisted with the issue of Seller's Atlas Maritimus (c. 1675) and later issued an atlas of his own under the same title.
Bland arbeten.
c. 1667 Charts of the East Coast of England onwards
1685 Atlas Maritimus 1700 Re-issued
1689 English Pilot, Book IV 1698-1789 About 37 editions c. 1700 Atlas (without title)
1703 English Pilot, Book III 1711 Re-issued by Samuel Thornton and further issues to about 1761
David Bannister
Gravör. Upptagen på kopparstick till Denis Diderot's 'Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences', band LXXXIV och LXXXV. 1751-1780.
Bland arbeten.
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences
Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.
Gräsö - Öregrund - Östhammar - 1878-80.
Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur, Jaques
Biografiska uppgifter:Montreal 1757 - Paris 1810.
A late eighteenth and early nineteenth century French (Canadian) artist, writer and diplomat, Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur left Montreal in 1764 and began his studies with the Jesuits of Sainte-Barbe, in Paris. His first published book, Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus, dates from 1784. It deals with his lifelong passion of chronicling the peoples of other lands, particularly in remote areas. His other works include, Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique (1787), L'Antique Rome (1795), Encyclopedie des voyages (1796), and Voyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde (1806). Groenlandais (Native of Greenland) was engraved by Labrousse for the c. 1797 publication, Costumes de different pays. Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur both designed the engravings and wrote the text for all of these publications. Besides being an artist and writer Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur also led an active diplomatic career. He served as France's vice-consul in Hungary and elsewhere. Today the art of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur may be found in the following collections; the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the National Library of Australia, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, and the New York Public Library.
Bland arbeten:
Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus (1784), Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique (1787), L'Antique Rome (1795), Encyclopedie des voyages (1796), Voyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde (1806), Costumes de different pays (c. 1797).
