What is Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan?
'''Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan''' (around 1600-December 6, 1673) was a [[cartographer]], [[engineer]] and [[architect]] from [[France]]. He was in the military in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] army from 1630 until the late 1640's.<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=General Depiction of the Empty Plains (in Common Parlance, Ukraine) Together with its Neighboring Provinces|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/79/|publisher=World Digital Library|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Borschak>{{cite web|last=Borschak|first=Elie|title=Beauplan, Guillaume Le Vasseur de|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CE%5CBeauplanGuillaumeLeVasseurde.htm|publisher=Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref> He was forced to move to [[Ukraine]]. He was in the military under [[Stanisław Koniecpolski]] for one year in 1637. While in the military he helped rebuild the [[Kodak Fortress]]. He also built other fortresses in [[Bar, Ukraine]]. He also helped build [[Brody Castle]] and other buildings in [[Kremenchuk]], Ukraine.<ref name=Borschak/> He created the first well described map of Ukraine in 1639.<ref name=Borschak/> In 1648 he made another map of Ukraine that was very detailed.<ref name=WDL1/> He moved to [[Danzig]]. He made two other very detailed maps and they were [[engraving|engraved]] by [[Willem Hondius]].<ref name=Borschak/> He wrote a book called ''Description d'Ukranie''. It was originally named ''Description des contrés du Royaume de Pologne'', when it was first published in 1651. It was published two more times, until 1861. It was the first book to write about Ukraine in great detail. It's still in print today.<ref name=Borschak/> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cartographers]] [[Category:French engineers]] [[Category:French architects]] [[Category:1673 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}