Roussel
Roussel (16xx - August 30, 1733) was a French engineer whose first name has been lost to history and about whom very little is known. He was named chief engineer in 1719 and a knight of the Order of Saint-Louis in 1718. He was part of the team of engineers sent to the French borders by Louis XIV beginning in 1691. Over the course of his career, he made many city maps, including Turin, Asti, Toulon, and Briançon, along with regional maps of the French border regions. Among these regional maps is a famous map of the Pyrenees border region. When he was named chief of engineers, he was the first geographic engineer to be named to the position since the corps was founded in 1713.
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