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C1752
Carte de la Louisiane.
First edition of this fine large detailed map of the Gulf Coast extending from St. Andrews Bay to the border of Texas. This is one of the earliest and best printed maps of the region to show French colonial settlements … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Carte de la Louisiane.
Date:
C1752
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued. Two sheets joined.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
930mm
x 528mm
Paper Size:
1137mm
x 568mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1752
Description:
First edition of this fine large detailed map of the Gulf Coast extending from St. Andrews Bay to the border of Texas. This is one of the earliest and best printed maps of the region to show French colonial settlements in Louisiana. The map shows the Mississippi, Arkansas, Red, Osage and Missouri Rivers, and includes a large inset of the Mississippi from the Arkansas to the Missouri River.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3701355
From D’Anville, [Atlas General]
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)
D'Anville was a French cartographer of great repute. Following the death of De Lisle, D'Anville continued the line of progressive French cartographers which had begun with Nicolas Sanson in the previous century. A child prodigy, he is said to have designed his first map at the age of fifteen and in his long distinguished career he produced a large number of elegantly engraved maps, noted for their scholarship and accuracy. Having exacting standards soon brought him international recognition as the finest cartographer of his time.
