Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière

La Martinière was born in Dieppe in 1662 and grew up in Paris with his uncle, the theologian and historian Richard Simon.

After Friedrich Wilhelm's death in 1713, La Martinière entered the service of Francesco Farnese, the Duke of Parma, who sent him on a diplomatic mission to the Netherlands.

As Secretary of the Philip V, King of Sicily and Spain, La Martinière received a pension of 1,200 ECU.

After several years in the Netherlands, La Martinière moved to the Hague, where he lived until his death in June 1746.

On the advice of the Marquis Beretti Landi, Ambassador of Spain to the States-General of the Netherlands, La Martinière dedicated the work to the Spanish King Philip V. In Germany, the work was translated and expanded under the title Historical and Political-Geographic Atlas of the whole world.