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C1807
Carte de la partie du grand archipel d’Asie, reconnue par le contre-amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux; en 1792 et 1793
Mapmaker:
Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre (1766 - 1854)
Map of Indonesia showing tracks of the ships, Recherche and Esperance in 1792-1793. From Atlas du voyage Joseph Antoine Bruny d’Entrecasteaux (1739-1793). Tooley 1640
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Full Title:
Carte de la partie du grand archipel d’Asie, reconnue par le contre-amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux; en 1792 et 1793
Date:
C1807
Mapmaker:
Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre (1766 - 1854)
Condition:
Repaired tear to upper corner, not affecting engraved area, otherwise in good condition. Centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
755mm
x 490mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1807
Description:
Map of Indonesia showing tracks of the ships, Recherche and Esperance in 1792-1793. From Atlas du voyage Joseph Antoine Bruny d’Entrecasteaux (1739-1793). Tooley 1640
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.
