Within Australia
All orders ship freewithin Australia
Rest of the World
Orders over A$300
ship free worldwide
C1766
Mappe-Monde Dressee sur les Nouvelles Decouvertes dont les Dernieres ont ete Faites en 1741
Mapmaker:
Superbly embellished and rare c.18th double hemisphere world map showing Australia with the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages 1742-4. The embellishments include; female personifications of the continents in the lower corners set within a panoramic landscape … Read Full Description
Sold
Free Shipping
See Shipping page for Terms & Conditions
Details
Full Title:
Mappe-Monde Dressee sur les Nouvelles Decouvertes dont les Dernieres ont ete Faites en 1741
Date:
C1766
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
338mm
x 248mm
Paper Size:
378mm
x 291mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1766
Description:
Superbly embellished and rare c.18th double hemisphere world map showing Australia with the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages 1742-4.
The embellishments include; female personifications of the continents in the lower corners set within a panoramic landscape and with lunar and solar calendars at top centre. The figure of Apollo riding his chariot is depicted at top left.
As Rodney Shirley states in, The Mapping of the World, “the decorative engraving surrounding the hemispheres is exceptionally detailed and complex….”
References:
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 :: 613, ill. Plate 421.
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 :: 613, ill. Plate 421.
Jean de Beaurain (1696 - 1771)
French geographer who at the age of nineteen, came to Paris and studied geography under Pierre Moulart-Samson, geographer to the king, a title which Beaurain obtained at the age of twenty-five. A perpetual calendar, ecclesiastical and civil, which he published in 1724, made him known to Louis XV, for whom he made a large number of maps and plans.
