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Guillaume Delisle
1675Feb, 28

Guillaume Delisle

Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
Guillaume Delisle, also spelled Guillaume de l'Isle, (French: [ɡijom dəlil]; 28 February 1675, Paris – 25 January 1726, Paris) was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas.

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