Didier Robert de Vaugondy

Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723, Paris – 1786) was an 18th-century French geographer.

The son of Robert de Vaugondy, he was appointed geographer of the King by Louis XV, geographer of the Duke of Lorraine by Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine.

In 1773, he became royal censor for works related to geography, navigation and travels.

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Map Environs de Paris ("Surroundings of Paris"), from the first edition of the Atlas Universel , Paris 1757.
Map Les Isles du Cap-Verd , 1749
Madame de Pompadour 's globe (1751), fr:musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres .