MAPPE-MONDE HISTORIQUE, OU CARTE CHRONOLOGIQUE, GEOGRAPHIQUE ET GENEALOGIQUE DES ETATS ET EMPIRES DU MONDE, Redigee par le Sr. Barberau de la Bruyere

Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized that the new methods of measuring by scale and of marking the places were very valuable for cartography; with this help he therefore produced a new and more accurate picture of the world.