Louis Brion de la Tour

Louis Brion de la Tour, (circa 1743 – 1803) was an 18th-century French geographer and demographer.

[1] Generally, authors were careful to differentiate him from the engraver Antoine Brion from Reims, born in 1739.

[2] His official title was « Ingénieur Géographe du Roi » ("King's Engineer Geographer").

However what is known is that an important part of his work was done in collaboration with Louis Charles Desnos (circa 1750–1790),[3] bookseller and geographical engineer for globes and spheres of His Danish Majesty.

Between 1762 and 1785, he participated in the development of the Indicateur fidèle ou guide des voyageurs, qui enseigne toutes les routes royales.