Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy, the marquis de Lafayette's cartographer.

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: Cohen, Paul E. | Copyright information

Manuscript maps of cartographer Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy kept by the American libraries represent the largest collection of his maps. The maps also represent a record of marquis de Lafayette's battles in the American Revolution.

When the nineteen-year-old Gilbert du Motier, the marquis de Lafayette, arrived in America on June 13, 1777, he was at the beginning of one of the most illustrious military careers in American history. Six weeks earlier the idealistic young officer had i...

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