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Jean de Clamorgan
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Jean de Clamorgan, Lord of Saane (c. 1480 in the diocese of Coutances – ?), was a cartographer, navigator and military commander. Clamorgan is considered to be one of the best French admirals of the Marine Royale.[1]
Key Information
Having long served in the French Navy, Francis I of France made him captain of the Ponant being the first to receive this title. After his defeat at the Battle of Muros Bay in 1543 he retired to his land. He wrote a famous treatise on wolf hunting (La chasse du loup), published in 1567.[2] He was also the author of a world map that Francis put in his library. The exact date of his death is not known.
Notes
[edit]- ^ La Roncière/Rampal p. 43
- ^ La Chasse Du Loup, Necessaire A La Maison Rustique: En laquelle est contenue la nature des Loups, & la maniere de les prendre, tant par chiens, filets, pieges, qu'autres instruments; le tout enrichy de plusieurs figures & pourtraicts representez après le naturel; Par I. De Clamorgan, Seigneur de Saane, Premier Capitaine de la Marine de Ponant. Paris, 1567
References
[edit]- (in French)Clerc-Rampal, Georges./ de La Roncière, Bourel Charles. Histoire de la marine française, Vol 5.
- (in French)Jean-François Hamel Dictionnaire des personnages remarquables de la Manche, Vol. 2 ISBN 2-914541-14-7
