Central Asia ("Arabia") on Pierre Desceliers's World Map, 1550. Pierre Desceliers (c. 1500 - c. 1558) was a French cartographer of the Renaissance and an eminent member of the Dieppe School of Cartography. He is considered the father of French hydrograph

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Central Asia ("Arabia") on Pierre Desceliers's World Map, 1550. Pierre Desceliers (c. 1500 - c. 1558) was a French cartographer of the Renaissance and an eminent member of the Dieppe School of Cartography. He is considered the father of French hydrography.

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