Jean de Beaurain

Jean de Beaurain (* January 17, 1696 in Aix -en- Issart, Duchy of Artois; † February 12, 1771 ) was a French geographer and cartographer.

At the age of 19 years Beaurain came to Paris and studied at the royal cartographer Pierre Moulart - Sanson. At 25, he himself received the title of a royal cartographers. He became known in 1724 through the publication of an ecclesiastical and civil perpetual calendar and also caught the attention of Louis XV .. Subsequently Beaurain made ​​in a royal commission numerous maps and plans.

When his most important publication applies the 1755 and 1756 published cartographic work on the campaigns of the French army in Flanders and the southern Netherlands during the 1690 bis 1694th A 1783-1787 published in Potsdam new edition in five volumes contained military tactical explanations of a Prussian officer.

In addition to his work as a cartographer Beaurain was occasionally involved on behalf of French statesmen in political negotiations, and he was one of the teachers of the Dauphin (nobility ). His 1728 born son Jean -Baptiste was also cartographer.

Works

• Histoire militaire de Flandre, depuis l' année 1690 jusqu'en 1694 inclusive management, qui le détail des marches comprend, campestratus mens batailles, sièges & mouvemens des Armées du Roi & de celles des Allies pendant ces cinq campagnes, N. Poiron, Paris 1755 (also known as Histoire militaire du duc de Luxembourg, La Haye, Paris and The Hague, 1756 ).
• Histoire de la Campagne de M. Le Prince De Conde, en Flandre s 1674th Précédée d'un tableau historique de la guerre de Hollande jusqu'à cette époque, Ch Ant Jombert, Paris 1774 Internet Archive.