Jean Palairet (1697–1774) was a French cartographer.

Life

Jean Palairet was born in Montauban, but emigrated to England.[1] He worked as an agent in London for the French States General, and taught French to the children of George II.[2]

While working as London agent for Jacob Boreel, Palairet apparently played a part in introducing the game of cricket to the Netherlands: in 1765 he sent four balls and 12 bats to the Netherlands, and attempted to find a copy of a rule-book for the game.[3]

Works

  • Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre à bien lire, et à bien orthographier, 1727
  • A short treatise on the arts and sciences, in French and English, 1736
  • A new Royal French grammar containing rules for the pronouncing and writing of the French tongue, 1738
  • Nouvelle introduction à la géographie moderne, 1754
  • Atlas méthodique composé pour l'usage de son altesse sérénissime monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, Stadhouder des Sept Provinces-Unies, 1755
  • Carte des Possessions Angloises et Francoises d'Amerique septentrionale, 1755
  • A concise description of the English and French possessions in North-America for the better explaining of the map published with that title, 1755

References

  1. ↑ J. Eugene Horvath (2001). A Canadian collection of Hungarica. J.E. Horvath. p. 115. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Royal Scottish Geographical Society; Donald Grant Moir; Harry R. G. Inglis (1973). The early maps of Scotland to 1850. Royal Scottish Geographical Society. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-904049-00-8. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Cricket on Beeckestijn, 6 June 2009. Accessed 13 January 2013.
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