Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (6 August 1766 in

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– 16 March 1854 in Paris) was a French hydrographer, hydrographic engineer and cartographer.

Biography

He accompanied the expedition sent in search of La Pérouse in 1791, and made valuable charts of many of the places it visited. Subsequently, he was employed in all of the important hydrographic labours undertaken during the

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and the

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. He was elected a member of the

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in 1810 and was appointed chief hydrographer and keeper of the Dépôt de la Marine (predecessor of the

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) in 1814. His work earned him the name “father of hydrography.” Five navy ships have been named after him, and busts of him are to be found on the phare de Dunkerque and the phare de Goulphar ( Belle-Île-en-Mer).

Works

''An introduction to the practice of nautical surveying and the construction of sea charts''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois 1766 births 1854 deaths French cartographers French hydrographers 18th-century French engineers Members of the French Academy of Sciences French oceanographers Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Knights of the Order of Saint Louis 19th-century French engineers

Biography

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