C1807

Carte des Iles Kermadec,….

Mapmaker:

Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre (1766 - 1854)

Rare large scale chart of the Kermadec Islands (part of New Zealand). The islands situated approximately 550 km north east of New Zealand’s north island. They were named after the Breton captain Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec, who visited the islands as … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Carte des Iles Kermadec,….

Date:

C1807

Mapmaker:

Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre (1766 - 1854)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving.

Image Size: 

345mm 
x 490mm
AUTHENTICITY
Carte des Iles Kermadec,.... - Antique Map from 1807

Genuine antique
dated:

1807

Description:

Rare large scale chart of the Kermadec Islands (part of New Zealand). The islands situated approximately 550 km north east of New Zealand’s north island. They were named after the Breton captain Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec, who visited the islands as part of the d’Entrecasteaux voyage.
From Atlas du voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, contre-amiral de France, commandant les fregates la Recherche et l’Esperance, fait par ordre du gouvernement en 1791, 1792 et 1793.

Mapmaker:

Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (1766-1854) 

Beautemps-Beaupre was a French hydrographer, hydrographic engineer and cartographer.

He accompanied the D’Entrecasteaux expedition in search of La Pérouse in 1791, and made a valuable contribution of to the charting of the Pacific. Subsequently he was employed in all of the important hydrographic labours undertaken during the First French Empire and the Bourbon Restoration. He was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences in 1810 and was appointed chief hydrographer and keeper of the Dépôt de la Marine (predecessor of the Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service) in 1814.

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