Jean Palairet Explained

Jean Palairet (1697–1774) was a French cartographer.

Life

Jean Palairet was born in Montauban, but emigrated to England.^[1] He worked as an agent in London for the French States General, and taught French to the children of George II.^[2]

While working as London agent for Jacob Boreel, Palairet apparently played a part in introducing the game of cricket to the Netherlands: in 1765 he sent four balls and 12 bats to the Netherlands, and attempted to find a copy of a rule-book for the game.^[3]

Works

• Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre à bien lire, et à bien orthographier, 1727
• A short treatise on the arts and sciences, in French and English, 1736
• A new Royal French grammar containing rules for the pronouncing and writing of the French tongue, 1738
• Nouvelle introduction à la géographie moderne, 1754
• Atlas méthodique composé pour l'usage de son altesse sérénissime monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, Stadhouder des Sept Provinces-Unies, 1755
• Carte des Possessions Angloises et Francoises d'Amerique septentrionale, 1755
• A concise description of the English and French possessions in North-America for the better explaining of the map published with that title, 1755

Notes and References

1. Book: J. Eugene Horvath. A Canadian collection of Hungarica. 14 January 2013. 2001. J.E. Horvath. 115.
2. Book: Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Donald Grant Moir. Harry R. G. Inglis. The early maps of Scotland to 1850. 14 January 2013. 1973. Royal Scottish Geographical Society. 978-0-904049-00-8. 189.
3. http://www.historicalgardensblog.com/2009/06/06/cricket-on-beeckestijn/ Cricket on Beeckestijn