----------------------------Original message---------------------------- reposted from another list. >To: carta >From: [log in to unmask] (James Boxall) >Subject: de la Rigaudiere ?? Historic Map of Louisbourg > >Here's one I couldn't find an answer for - not for lack of trying every source I have here . > >There are several maps of Louisbourg from the mid-18th century. The producer/cartographic "house" is Le Rouge. One of the authors has been listed as Chev.-de la Rigaudiere. > >A user would like to find out some more information on this person (birth, death, home, whatever). > >Can anyone help ?? (Historical stuff is not my strong area :-) > >James > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The more complex and sophisticated our systems of lateral access, the more we sacrifice in the way of depth." Sven Birkerts (in The Gutenberg Elegies, 1995) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Boxall (Map Curator) Map Collection, Science Services Killam Library, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4M8 (t) 902-494-3757 (f) 902-494-2062 (e) [log in to unmask] Host Site for the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives 1996 Annual Meeting http://is.dal.ca/~gsbrown/acmla96.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- "What in observation is loose and vague is in information deceptive and treacherous" Francis Bacon, 1621 ---------------------------------------------------------------------