C1844

Planisphere sur la Projection de Mercator

Mapmaker:

Adrien Hubert Brue (1786 - 1832)

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S/N: AUDGE-016-WM–227344
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Full Title:

Planisphere sur la Projection de Mercator

Date:

C1844

Mapmaker:

Adrien Hubert Brue (1786 - 1832)

Condition:

In good condition with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring

Image Size: 

510mm 
x 360mm
AUTHENTICITY
Planisphere sur la Projection de Mercator - Antique Map from 1844

Genuine antique
dated:

1844

Description:

Large scale world map on Mercators Projection showing world currents with a key at lower left.

From Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique et Historique

Mapmaker:

Adrien Hubert Brue (1786-1832)

Brue was born in Paris in 1786 and one of the greatest cartographers of his day. He was a deck hand on the Baudin expedition to the South Seas, initially on the Naturaliste and then transferred to the Casuarina at Port Jackson. He made a great impression on Louis Freycinet the cartographer, and had Brue Reef named after hin in 1803.

He was to become the French Royal Cartographer.

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