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'''Charles-François Exchaquet''' born 6th of December 1746 in [[Court]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Canton of Bern|Berne]] and died in 1792 in [[Servoz]] in [[Savoie]], was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] engineer, [[cartography|cartographer]] and mountaineer.
==Biography==
In 1781 he became director of the smelting works of Servoz, responsible for the mineral and metallurgical operations. In 1787, he was the first tourist to cross the [[Col du Géant]], the mountain saddle between the [[Tour Ronde]] and the [[Dent du Géant]], from [[Chamonix]] in the [[Arve Valley]] to [[Courmayeur]] in [[Val d'Aosta]]. Since the same year he manufactured and sold relief maps of the [[Mont-Blanc Massif]] and the [[Saint-Gotthard Massif]].
==Bibliography==
* L. Seylaz, « Un émule de H. B. de Saussure: C.-F. Exchaquet [archive] », in ''Les Alpes'', 11, 1935, pages 187-195
* L. Touret, « C.-F. Exchaquet et les Plans en Relief du Mont-Blanc », in ''Annals of Science'', 46, 1989, pages 1-20
* Marc Weidmann, « Exchaquet, Charles-François [archive] » in online ''Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse''.
* Pierre-Yves Pièce, « Des révélations qui ne manquent pas de relief ! [archive] », in ''Le Saumoduc – Bulletin de l'Association Cum Grano Salis'', no 8, 2012, p. 7-10.
* Pierre-Yves Pièce, « Révélations autour d'un relief commandé au 18e siècle par la Haute Direction des Sels [archive] », in ''Le Saumoduc – Bulletin de l'Association Cum Grano Salis'', no 7, 2012, p. 8-9.
[[Category:Swiss mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Cartographers]]
[[Category:1746 births]]
[[Category:1792 deaths]]
==Biography==
In 1781 he became director of the smelting works of Servoz, responsible for the mineral and metallurgical operations. In 1787, he was the first tourist to cross the [[Col du Géant]], the mountain saddle between the [[Tour Ronde]] and the [[Dent du Géant]], from [[Chamonix]] in the [[Arve Valley]] to [[Courmayeur]] in [[Val d'Aosta]]. Since the same year he manufactured and sold relief maps of the [[Mont-Blanc Massif]] and the [[Saint-Gotthard Massif]].
==Bibliography==
* L. Seylaz, « Un émule de H. B. de Saussure: C.-F. Exchaquet [archive] », in ''Les Alpes'', 11, 1935, pages 187-195
* L. Touret, « C.-F. Exchaquet et les Plans en Relief du Mont-Blanc », in ''Annals of Science'', 46, 1989, pages 1-20
* Marc Weidmann, « Exchaquet, Charles-François [archive] » in online ''Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse''.
* Pierre-Yves Pièce, « Des révélations qui ne manquent pas de relief ! [archive] », in ''Le Saumoduc – Bulletin de l'Association Cum Grano Salis'', no 8, 2012, p. 7-10.
* Pierre-Yves Pièce, « Révélations autour d'un relief commandé au 18e siècle par la Haute Direction des Sels [archive] », in ''Le Saumoduc – Bulletin de l'Association Cum Grano Salis'', no 7, 2012, p. 8-9.
[[Category:Swiss mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Cartographers]]
[[Category:1746 births]]
[[Category:1792 deaths]]
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