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C1875
Carte Generale de L’Empire Chinois et du Japon.
Mapmaker:
Adrien Hubert Brue (1786 - 1832)
Large scale detailed French map of China by Adrian Hubert Brue. From Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique et Historique.
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Full Title:
Carte Generale de L’Empire Chinois et du Japon.
Date:
C1875
Mapmaker:
Adrien Hubert Brue (1786 - 1832)
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
515mm
x 363mm
Paper Size:
610mm
x 478mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1875
Description:
Large scale detailed French map of China by Adrian Hubert Brue.
From Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique et Historique.
Mapmaker:
Adrien Hubert Brue (1786-1832)
Brue was born in Paris in 1786 and one of the greatest cartographers of his day. He was a deck hand on the Baudin expedition to the South Seas, initially on the Naturaliste and then transferred to the Casuarina at Port Jackson. He made a great impression on Louis Freycinet the cartographer, and had Brue Reef named after hin in 1803.
He was to become the French Royal Cartographer.
