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C1751
Archipel des Indes Orientales, qui comprend Les Is…
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Spectacular large scale detailed chart of the East Indies by one the most exacting French cartographers of the c.18th. Superbly embellished with an Rococo style title cartouche at top left.. The northern coast of ‘Nouvelle Hollande‘ with place names given … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Archipel des Indes Orientales, qui comprend Les Is…
Date:
C1751
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
590mm
x 480mm
Paper Size:
660mm
x 510mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1751
Description:
Spectacular large scale detailed chart of the East Indies by one the most exacting French cartographers of the c.18th.
Superbly embellished with an Rococo style title cartouche at top left..
The northern coast of ‘Nouvelle Hollande‘ with place names given by Abel Tasman’s second voyage on the ships Limmen, Zeemeeuw and the tender Braek. Tasman sailed eastwards along the south coast of New Guinea missing Torres Strait, and continued his voyage westwards along the north Australian coast.
From: Vaugondy, R. Atlas Universel, Par M. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy, et Par M. Robert De Vaugondy son fils Geographe ord. du Roy, et de S. M. Polonoise, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, et Associe de L’Academie Royale des Sciences et belles Lettres de Nancy.
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 619.
Mickwitz & Miekkavaara, The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection of Maps up to 1800 Helsinki 1979-1995 :: 245.
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 :: T.ROBV-1c.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 :: 71863.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2588225
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3353B
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: 266
Yale University Library & Art Gallery: BrSides Double Folio 2017 6
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 619.
Mickwitz & Miekkavaara, The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection of Maps up to 1800 Helsinki 1979-1995 :: 245.
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 :: T.ROBV-1c.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 :: 71863.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2588225
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3353B
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: 266
Yale University Library & Art Gallery: BrSides Double Folio 2017 6
Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766)
Prominent French cartographer and publisher active in Paris, who inherited and extended the intellectual and material legacy of the Sanson family, long regarded as the founders of modern French cartography.
Born in Paris, he became closely associated with the Sanson dynasty through Sanson’s grandson, from whom he acquired a substantial collection of engraved plates, later augmented by those of Pierre Mortier and Alexis-Hubert Jaillot. Drawing upon these foundations, de Vaugondy distinguished himself by revising earlier cartographic models in the light of new scientific knowledge rather than merely reproducing them. He worked in close collaboration with his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723–1786), an accomplished globemaker who was later appointed Géographe du Roi to Louis XV. Together they formed one of the most influential father-and-son partnerships in eighteenth-century cartography. Their crowning achievement was the Atlas Universel of 1757, a monumental work that integrated the results of recent voyages of exploration, astronomical observations, and contemporary scholarly research, and which set new standards for accuracy and critical evaluation of sources. The Vaugondys placed particular emphasis on precision, grounding their maps in journals, surveys, and scientific data, and thereby differentiating themselves from many of their contemporaries who relied heavily on uncritical copying. Active during the French Enlightenment, their work represents the high point of French mapmaking in the period and played a significant role in shaping European geographical knowledge of the wider world. By the time of his death in Paris in 1766, Gilles Robert de Vaugondy had established a respected and enduring cartographic enterprise, renowned for its detailed and up-to-date representations of global geography. He was also one of the leading exponents of the French School of Theoretical Cartography and like Nicholas Bellin popularised the notion of an imaginary east coast of Australia joined to the Solomon Islands.
