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C1797
Inde Partie Meridionale de la Presqu’isle en deca du Gange.
Mapmaker:
Edme Mentelle (1730 - 1816)
Detailed large C18th map of southern India and Sri Lanka from Mentelle’s Atlas Universel.
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Full Title:
Inde Partie Meridionale de la Presqu’isle en deca du Gange.
Date:
C1797
Mapmaker:
Edme Mentelle (1730 - 1816)
Condition:
In good condition with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
420mm
x 320mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1797
Description:
Detailed large C18th map of southern India and Sri Lanka from Mentelle’s Atlas Universel.
Mapmaker:
Edme Mentelle (1730-1816)
Mentelle was a French geographer born in Paris in 1730. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Louis Crevier at the College of Beauvais before becoming professor of Geology and History at the Ecole Militaire. He was a founding member Institut National des Sciences et des Arts in 179. Some of Mentelle’s published works are; Geographie Comparee1778, Atlas Universel 1779 and Cours Complet de Cosmographie, de Chronologie, de Geographie et d’Histoire 1801.
