Guillaume de L'Isle

Guillaume de L'Isle was born in Paris in 1675, and is probably the greatest of French cartographers.

He is of the world's foremost influences in accurate map-making, his maps were not only based upon the most up-to-date surveys, and the best knowledge obtainable, but were also kept up-to-date in subsequent issues.

His atlases and maps were issued from c.1700 and were copied and re-issued long after his death in 1726.