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Details of this illustrator << Previous Next >> | Last Name | Thevet | | Given Name | André | | alt. Names | A. T. ; Thevetus, Andreas / Thevet, F. A. / Theuet, André / Theuet, F. A. ; | | Marriage | | | Children | | | Year born | 1502 / 1516 c. in Angoulème | | Year died | 1590 | | Place of death | Paris | | Father's occupation | | | Relatives | | | Education | | | Country of Activity | France | | Worked for | La cosmographie universelle d'André Thevet, illustrée de diverses figures des choses plus remarquables veuës par l'auteur (Paris 1575) ; Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommée Amerique: & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouvertes de nostre temps (Anvers 1557f.) ; map "Japan" (Paris c. 1590) ; | | Patronage | cardinal Jean de Lorraine (1498-1550) ; vice-admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510–1571) | | Collaborators | Pierre Gilles (= Petrus Gillius / Gyllius) (1490-1555) ; | | Techniques | natural, botanical, mineralogical, ethnographical, cartographical, and animal drawing and engraving | | Sample(s) | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Thevet#/media/File:Andr%C3%A9-thevet-cashew.jpg | | Archival sources | http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118801902.html ; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Thevet | | Published sources | Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ## 4110f. ; Kury 2014: 47 & 70-1 ; Walter 1994: plate 18 ; | | other | Further Places of Activity: Italy, Greece, Turkey (Constantinopel), Palestine, Egypt, and Brazil. | | viaf1 | 54944694 | | viaf2 | | | viaf3 | |
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