1. Guillaume Delisle's mother died after childbirth and his father married again, to Charlotte Millet de la Croyere.
17 Facts About Guillaume Delisle
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Guillaume Delisle had an excellent reputation in Paris' intellectual circles, and served as a tutor to lords.
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Guillaume Delisle soon contributed to the family workshop, by drawing maps for his father's historical works.
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Some have questioned the authorship of these first maps, saying that Guillaume Delisle only copied what his father had done before him.
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At 27, Guillaume Delisle was admitted into the French Academie Royale des Sciences, an institution financed by the French state.
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Guillaume Delisle's progress culminated in 1718 when he received the title of Premier Geographe du Roi.
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Guillaume Delisle was appointed to teach geography to the Dauphin, King Louis XIV's son, a task for which he received a salary.
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Guillaume Delisle drew maps mostly in his office, relying on a variety of data.
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The high scientific quality of the work produced by the Guillaume Delisle family contrasted with the workshop of Sanson.
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Guillaume Delisle appealed to the king with the help of the abbot Bignon, the king's librarian and president of the academies.
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Guillaume Delisle's 1718 Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi is an example of French cartography at its height.
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Guillaume Delisle's map is part of the complex relationship between Europe and the Americas known as the Trans-Atlantic Exchange.
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Guillaume Delisle extended the French territorial claims to the Rio Grande and Pecos River, causing outrage in turn in Spain.
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Guillaume Delisle based this and other maps on astrologically determined latitudes and longitudes, as well as on critical examinations of primary and secondary source material.
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Guillaume Delisle made several earlier sketches drawn from information extracted from the Jesuit Relations, and personal relationships with many missionaries and explorers enhanced his ability to gain a rather extensive knowledge of the landscape.
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Guillaume Delisle used calculations of the eclipse to find the precise longitude of Quebec which had, up until that point, only been guessed at.
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Guillaume Delisle did not attempt to fill in areas of white space where his knowledge was insufficient, rather he let these spaces remain, a decision indicative of cartographical renewal in France in that period.