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C1770
Asia
Mapmaker:
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) / Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717 - 1777)
Detailed map of Asia.
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Full Title:
Asia
Date:
C1770
Mapmaker:
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) / Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717 - 1777)
Condition:
In good condition with centrefold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
580mm
x 455mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1770
Description:
Detailed map of Asia.
Mapmaker:
Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726)
Leading French cartographer of the C18th who was reknown 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.
Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777)
Lotter was the son of a baker and city guardsmen. In he married the eldest daughter of Matthew Seutter the German map publisher. By 1744 Seutter and Lotter published Atlas minor and after Seuteer’s death Lotter took over the firm in 1758 and removed the name Seutter of all original plates and replaced it with his own.
