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C1681
Florida
Mapmaker:
Rare c.18th early miniature map of Florida by Pierre Duval, showing the Spanish possessions in North America. The map extends from south of the Great Lakes (Lac Erie) to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. It is based on Nicolas … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Florida
Date:
C1681
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
Johann Hoffmann
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
117mm
x 92mm
Paper Size:
135mm
x 115mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1681
Description:
Rare c.18th early miniature map of Florida by Pierre Duval, showing the Spanish possessions in North America. The map extends from south of the Great Lakes (Lac Erie) to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. It is based on Nicolas Sanson’s influential map (La Floride) of 1657.
German edition published by Johann Hoffman.
From Duval, Geographiae universalis pars prior, Nuremberg MDCLXXXI (1681)
References:
Burden, P. The Mapping of North America. 1996 & 2007. RicKmansworth :: 502 (DuVal).
Burden, P. The Mapping of North America. 1996 & 2007. RicKmansworth :: 502 (DuVal).
Pierre Duval (1618 - 1683)
Pierre Duval was born in Abbeville, Duval began his cartographic career in Paris studying under his uncle, the celebrated geographer Nicolas Sanson. He was soon employed in editing maps for publication by the print-seller Pierre Mariette. By 1650, he had become Geographe du roi. According to royal letters found among his papers in 1683, Duval was employed as an officer in the Maison du Roi and received a modest wage of 350 livres. He sustained a publishing collaboration with Mariette until 1654, when he married Marie Desmaretz, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. Following this, he established himself in Paris and produced maps and cartographic documents for a variety of Parisian map-sellers. Duval supplied manuscripts to Nicolas Berey, Girard Joillan, Nicolas Langlois, Estienne Vouillement and Antoine de Fer.
