Vaugondy, Gilles Robert de
Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) together with his son, Didier (1723-1786), were important French 18th century cartographers and globemakers, who in common with many of their peers depicted North America as the location of Plato’s Atlantis on some of their maps. Didier was appointed geographer to King Louis XV. They were related to the arguably better known cartographer Nicolas Sanson.