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maurepas, jean-frédéric phélypeaux, comte de

Born 1701 Died 1781

A Cartographer of the Enlightenment: The Legacy of Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux In the gilded era of the 18th century, where the boundaries of the known world were still being etched by the ink of explorers and the precision of scientists, Jean-FrEXdré Phélypeaux, Comte de Maurepas, emerged as a figure of profound influence. Born in Versailles in 1701 into a lineage of administrative nobility, his life was inextricably linked to the pulse of the French state. While history often remembers him through the lens of political power—as a statesman who navigated the complex reigns of Louis XV and Loui…

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A chart of maurepas, jean-frédéric phélypeaux, comte de's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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maurepas, jean-frédéric phélypeaux, comte de

1701 - 1781

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