Jean de Clamorgan

Who is Jean de Clamorgan?

Jean de Clamorgan, Lord of Saane, born in 1480 in the diocese of Coutances, was a cartographer, navigator and military commander, considered to be one of the best French admirals of the Marine Royale.

Having long served in the French Navy, Francis I of France made him captain of the Ponant being the first to receive this title. After his defeat at the Battle of Muros Bay he retired to his land. He wrote a famous treatise on wolf hunting, published in 1567. He was also the author of a world map that Francis put in his library. The exact date of his death is not known.