George Louis Le Rouge (1712 – 1790)

Detailed map of Asia with decorative title cartouche comprising of a traveling caravan. Inset of Java. Small detailed map of the East Indies.

German map maker based in Paris who had originally been a military engineer and surveyor in Germany. Moving to Paris, he became an engraver and publisher.

George-Louis Le Rouge (1712-1790), though known for his work in Paris, was originally born Georg Ludwig of Hanover, Germany. He grew up and was educated in Hanover, after which he became a surveyor and military engineer. Around 1740, however, Le Rouge moved to Paris and set up shop as an engraver and publisher on the Rue des Grands Augustins. It was at this time that he changed his name, adopting a French pseudonym that would later become quite famous.

George Louis Le Rouge (1712 – 1790)