C1731
 (1781)

L’Asie Dressee sur des nouveaux Memoires Assujettis aux Observations Astronomiq. Corrigée et Augmentée A Paris Chez Desnos

Mapmaker:

Guillaume Danet (1670 - 1732)

This is one of the most distinctive and decorative maps of Asia from the 18th century. It is surrounded by an intricately engraved border composed of the coats of arms of Asian nations and is embellished with a large allegorical … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

L’Asie Dressee sur des nouveaux Memoires Assujettis aux Observations Astronomiq. Corrigée et Augmentée A Paris Chez Desnos

Date:

C1731
 (1781)

Mapmaker:

Guillaume Danet (1670 - 1732)

Condition:

Faint circular candle wax stain in lower left corner, small marks in top margin, folds, otherwise in good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving hand coloured

Image Size: 

710mm 
x 500mm
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L'Asie Dressee sur des nouveaux Memoires Assujettis aux Observations Astronomiq.  Corrigée et Augmentée A Paris Chez Desnos - Antique Map from 1731

Genuine antique
dated:

1781

Description:

This is one of the most distinctive and decorative maps of Asia from the 18th century. It is surrounded by an intricately engraved border composed of the coats of arms of Asian nations and is embellished with a large allegorical title cartouche. This map was drawn and engraved by J. Luillier and published by Guillaume Danet, son-in-law of Nicholas de Fer. Danet was not a prolific publisher and his separately issued maps are quite scarce.

While much of the map is based on Delisle’s revised map of Asia [1722], this map presents an early depiction of Kamchatka taken from Strahlenberg’s map of 1730, which was in turn based on the work of Abu Al-Ghazi Bahadur’s history of the Tartars. There are a number of notations in the region noting that the inhabitants either pay tribute to, or are the enemies of, the Moscovites. Korea is depicted as a blunt peninsula and the sea between it and Japan is called the Detroit de Coree.

Mapmaker:

Guillaume Danet (1670-1732)

Danet was a Parisian map publisher who was active from the in the early and middle parts of the 18th century and the son in law of the more famous cartographer and map publisher Nicolas De Fer. Along with his brother, Jacques-François Besnard, Guillaume Danet took over De Fer’s publishing business following De Fer’s death in 1720. Following Danet’s death his business was continued by his widow, Marguerite de Fer, until about 1746. 

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