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Barbie du Bocage Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1257

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various correspondence, contract drafts, notes, sketches, an engraving, map, and materials related to Victor Amedee Barbie du Bocage's publications.

Dates

  • 1800-1847

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Biographical / Historical

Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (sometimes misspelled Barbier Bocage), b. 1760, d. 1825, was a student of the eighteenth-century mapmaker and historical geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville before becoming a significant mapmaker and historical geographer in his own right. Over the course of his career, he was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (both before and after the French Revolution), the Cabinet des médailles in the Bibliothèque du roi (a position he lost when arrested as a suspect during the Terror), the Ministry of Interior's cadastral map depot, and the Faculté de lettres de Paris where he was the first professor of ancient and modern geography. He was elected to the French National Institute in 1806, and served at different times as President of the Société de géographie and the Société royal des antiquaries de France. He also worked on commissions for a variety of other ministries and private individuals. His published works include the atlas accompanying Jean-Jacques Barthélemy's Voyage du jeune Anarcharsis en Grèce (1789). He played a central role in the production of the comte de Choiseul-Gouffier's Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce (1782-1824) and in producing maps to illustrate the travels of a number of early nineteenth century French men in Greece and the Ottoman Empire (Chandler, Castellan, and Pouqueville) and around the world (for example, a map of the Indian Ocean and South Pacific for Labillardière's Rélation du voyage à la recherché de la Pérouse (1799)). He also prepared maps and wrote introductions to Antoine Ignace Melling's Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople and du rive de Bosphore (1819). Jean Guillaume Barbié du Bocage, b. 1793, d. 1843, was the eldest son of Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage and succeeded him (after a period in Istanbul as a jeune de langues) as geographer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Victor Amédée Barbié du Bocage, b. 1832, d. 1890, was the son of Alexandre Francois Barbié du Bocage, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage's second son. Victor Amédée Barbié du Bocage was also a geographer, as well as the author of several publications related to history and religious philosophy.

Extent

0.50 Cubic Feet (2 1/2 Doc Boxes)

Language of Materials

French

Arrangement

This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.

Processing Information

Accession 18-006 processed by Lisa Glasscock (with context provided by Dr. Ralph Kingston), 2018; Finding Aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Noah Biblis 02/24/2020; ArchivesSpace finding aid modified by Joanna Ashley, 2025. Accession 25-023 processed by Joanna Ashley, 2025.

Title
Guide to the Barbie du Bocage Family Papers
Subtitle
Record Group 1257
Author
Lisa Glasscock
Date
09/05/2018
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
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