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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 Louis XVI—his true artistic and intellectual essence resided in the delicate intersection of geography and visual artistry. Maurepas did not merely observe the world; he sought to document it with a meticulousness that mirrored the burgeoning spirit of the Enlightenment. His early y…