C1760

Carte de la Presqu’Isle de L’Inde au dela du Gange.

Scarce c.18th hand coloured French map of south east Asia. From: Brion de La Tour, Louis;  Atlas général, civil et ecclésiastique, methodique et élémentaire pour l’etude de la géographie et de l’histoire, Paris. References:Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Carte de la Presqu’Isle de L’Inde au dela du Gange.

Date:

C1760

Condition:

Repaired tear at right margin, lower left margin otherwise in good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

345mm 
x 238mm

Paper Size: 

395mm 
x 267mm
AUTHENTICITY
Carte de la Presqu'Isle de L'Inde au dela du Gange. - Antique Map from 1760

Genuine antique
dated:

1760

Description:

Scarce c.18th hand coloured French map of south east Asia.

From: Brion de La Tour, Louis;  Atlas général, civil et ecclésiastique, methodique et élémentaire pour l’etude de la géographie et de l’histoire, Paris.

References:
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 : T.-BRI-3a (1778 edition).

Collections:
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: 220 (1768 edition)
Stanford Library: Call number G1015 .B75 1766 F
David Rumsey Collection: Pub List No: 13129.000
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Notice n° : FRBNF30333638

Louis Brion De La Tour (1756 - 1803)

Louis Brion de la Tour (1756-1803) was a French cartographer and geographer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and produced a number of important maps and atlases, many of which were used in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is considered one of the most important French cartographers of his time.

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