Pierre Duval (geographer)
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Pierre Duval (1618–1683) was a French geographer.
Pierre Duval was born in Abbeville. He was the nephew and pupil of the geographer Nicolas Sanson. Encouraged by Louis XIV to move to Paris, he later became .[1]
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- ^ Richard L. Betz (2007). The mapping of Africa: a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700. Hes & de Graaf. p. 319. ISBN 978-90-6194-489-8. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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- 1683 deaths
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