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C1745
Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova/ auctore Guillelm…
Large scale c.18th map of the eastern hemisphere by Guillaume Delisle, with Australia shown according the two voyages of Abel Tasman 1642-1644. This issue by P. Buache dated at lower right 1745. From, de l’Isle, G. Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova/ auctore Guillelmo de L’Isle e Regia Scientiarum Academia et Christianissimi Francorum Regis Geographo primario……
Date:
C1745
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued. Without staining in centre fold as usually found and with very wide margins.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
500mm
x 510mm
Paper Size:
680mm
x 540mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1745
Description:
Large scale c.18th map of the eastern hemisphere by Guillaume Delisle, with Australia shown according the two voyages of Abel Tasman 1642-1644.
This issue by P. Buache dated at lower right 1745.
From, de l’Isle, G. Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde. Amsterdam.
References:
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979: : 1589.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V : C & M 7.
Tooley, R. V, The Mapping of America. London, 1988: : p. 4-11.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2238783
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers M2 110/1644/1 , Z/M2 110/1644/1
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 4764.001
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: 227, 228
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675 - 1726)
L'Isle was the leading French cartographer of the C18th and renowned for the accuracy of his maps. He studied under Jean Cassini and from an early age showed his talent. At the age of 27 Delisle was admitted to the Academie Royale des Sciences and by 1718 he had been made the Royal Geographer. His maps reflect his scientific approach to map making by including the most up to date cartographic information as well as the use of new astronomical information. Where he was unable to verify information conclusively, he would note the fact on his maps.
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Philippe Buache (1700 - 1773)
Buache was a French geographe and trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle, whose daughter he married, and whom he succeeded in the Académie des sciences in 1730. Buache was nominated first geographer of the king in 1729. He established the division of the world by seas and river systems. He believed in a southern continent, an hypothesis which was confirmed by later discoveries. His nephew, Jean Nicolas Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 15 February 1741; died Paris, 21 November 1825), was also a geographer of the king.
