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C1768
Graecia Vetus ex schoedis Sansonianis desumpta, in qua Macedonia, Thessalia, Epirus, Achaia et Peloponesus, in minores partes seu populos distinguantur, nec non inter adjacentes insulas speciatum Creta delineatur Insula.
Mapmaker:
Fine map of Greece with an elaborate cartouche at lower left. Vaugondy issued one of the first atlases based on scientific surveys, in the tradition of D’Anville and De L’Isle. He was one of the leading exponents of the French … Read Full Description
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Graecia Vetus ex schoedis Sansonianis desumpta, in qua Macedonia, Thessalia, Epirus, Achaia et Peloponesus, in minores partes seu populos distinguantur, nec non inter adjacentes insulas speciatum Creta delineatur Insula.
Date:
C1768
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Image Size:
540mm
x 480mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1768
Description:
Fine map of Greece with an elaborate cartouche at lower left. Vaugondy issued one of the first atlases based on scientific surveys, in the tradition of D’Anville and De L’Isle. He was one of the leading exponents of the French School of Theoretical Cartography like Nicholas Bellin which popularised the notion of an imaginary east coast of Australia. Highly respected Royal cartographer.
Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766)
Vaugondy inherited the firm of his uncle, Pierre Moullart-Sanson, in 1730. He quickly increased the business when he purchased the stock one of the leading French cartographers, Hubert Jaillot. He astutely combined his own additions to the maps he had purchased, bringing them up to date without the expense of creating new maps and engraving plates. Fittingly as a leading Parisian mapmaker of his day he was made Geographer to the King in 1730. Vaugondy was also one of the leading exponents of the French School of Theoretical Cartography and like Nicholas Bellin popularised the notion of an imaginary east coast of Australia.
