Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine

The Dépôt des cartes, plans et journaux de la Marine was created in 1720 as the world’s first official national hydrographic...

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The Dépôt des cartes, plans et journaux de la Marine was created in 1720 as the world’s first official national hydrographic office. Founded to assemble charts, plans, logbooks, and memoirs useful to navigation, it soon became France’s principal centre for hydrographic survey, chart production, and the dissemination of geographical knowledge across the French colonial empire; in 1773 it was granted a monopoly on the production of nautical charts in France. Renamed the Dépôt général de la Marine in 1814, it became the Service hydrographique de la Marine in 1886, the Service central hydrographique in 1923, and, from 1971, the Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine — today’s Shom. The Dépôt's Hydrographers have included Philippe Buache (1720 to 1737), Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1741-1772), Giovanni Rizzi-Zannoni (1772-1775) & Rigobert Bonne (1775-1789)

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The Dépôt des cartes, plans et journaux de la Marine was created in 1720 as the world’s first official national hydrographic office. Founded to assemble charts, plans, logbooks, and memoirs useful to navigation, it soon became France’s principal centre for hydrographic survey, chart production, and the dissemination of geographical knowledge across the French colonial empire; in 1773 it was granted a monopoly on the production of nautical charts in France. Renamed the Dépôt général de la Marine in 1814, it became the Service hydrographique de la Marine in 1886, the Service central hydrographique in 1923, and, from 1971, the Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine — today’s Shom. The Dépôt's Hydrographers have included Philippe Buache (1720 to 1737), Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1741-1772), Giovanni Rizzi-Zannoni (1772-1775) & Rigobert Bonne (1775-1789)

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