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Rocque, John, -1762


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    • Rocque, Jean, d. 1762
    • Rocque, John, d. 1762
    • Rocque, Jean, -1762
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    • Rocque, Jean, d. 1762
    • Rocque, John, d. 1762
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    • found: His Rocque's traveller's assistant ... 1763.
    • found: Carte du havre de Chibucto avec le plan de la ville de Halifax sur la coste de l'Accadia ou Nova Scotia latitude 44° 31':map recto (Publiée par hautorité par Jean Rocque, Charing Cross; Publish'd by authority of John Rocque at Charing Cross)
    • found: Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, 2001(Rocque, John [Jean], c. 1704-1762; Huguenot land surveyor [of gentlemen's estates], engraver, printseller, publisher and garden designer probably born in Geneva; brought to London as a child; published plans and views of gardens, mostly around London; survey of London metropolis took 9 years to complete; in 1750 his Charing Cross premises burned down and stock destroyed; appointed topographer to the Prince of Wales and to King George II)
    • found: Oxford dictionary of national biography, via WWW, May 2, 2014(Rocque, John (1704?-1762), land surveyor and cartographer; 'dessinateur des jardins', publishing elaborate plans of gardens; born in France, one of four children of a Huguenot family which settled in Geneva after fleeing France; probably arrived in England in 1709, though his life before his publishing career began in 1734 is obscure; lived in Great Windmill Street on the edge of the French quarter in Soho until 1743, in Piccadilly opposite Green Park until 1749, and in Whitehall until a fire on 7 November 1750 destroyed his possessions; after purchasing new stock in Paris he re-established his business in 1751 in the Strand, at the centre of the London map trade, where he remained at three successive addresses until his death on 27 January 1762; his widow, Mary Ann, carried on the business with the assistance of her late husband's associates)
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