Adrien-Hubert Brue (1786 - 1832) Adrien-Hubert Brue (1786 - 1832) was a French cartographer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Brue held the office of Geographe du Roi and often signed his maps as such. In this position Brue contributed to thousands of maps and numerous atlases. Like most cartographers many of his maps were published posthumously and were common even several decades after his death. Click here for a list of rare maps by Adrien Hubert Brue. Rare maps by Adrien-Hubert Brue currently for sale. Rare maps by Adrien-Hubert Brue in the Geographicus Antique Map Archive.