Engelbert Kaempfer
Charlevoix's works, enumerated in the "Bibliographie des Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus" (Bibliography of Jesuit Priests) by Carlos Sommervogel, fall into two groups. Several of his works have maps by the French "philosophe" (Enlightenment intellectual) and engineer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, which represent the most accurate material of the time. His "History and General Description of New France" was of capital importance for Canadian history. His "History and General Description of Japan" was an expansion on the prior work of Engelbert Kaempfer.