Claude Sicard

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Father Claude Sicard (1677–1726) was a French Jesuit priest, and an early modern visitor to Egypt, between 1708 and 1712, producing the earliest known map of the country.^[1] He was Supervisor of the Jesuit Mission in Cairo.

References

↑ uwm.edu, Discovering Ancient Egypt

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Name	Sicard, Claude
Alternative names
Short description	French Egyptologist
Date of birth	1677
Place of birth
Date of death	1726
Place of death

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