C1748

Mappe Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre.

Miniature double hemisphere world map with Australia and New Zealand shown according to the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages in 1642-1644. Australia’s southern and east coasts are shown according to the theories of the French School of … Read Full Description

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S/N: WM-1748-VAUG-001–185156
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Full Title:

Mappe Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre.

Date:

C1748

Condition:

In good condition with folds as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving hand coloured

Image Size: 

305mm 
x 160mm

Frame Size: 

605mm 
x 470mm
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Mappe Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre. - Antique Map from 1748

Genuine antique
dated:

1748

Description:

Miniature double hemisphere world map with Australia and New Zealand shown according to the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages in 1642-1644. Australia’s southern and east coasts are shown according to the theories of the French School of Theoretical Cartography which popularised the notion of an imaginary east coast of Australia extending from Van Diemen’s Land to the Solomon Islands. It was so influential in propogating thiese theories that most cartographers were depicting Australia on their maps accordingly. This error was to remain on charts until James Cook’s finally discovered and charted the east coast of the South Land in 1770.

Tasman’s instructions were contained in the missive of the Governor-General and Council of the Indies to the Heren XVII of 12 December 1642, in which a brief summary of the plan for the voyage was given. The primary objectives of the VOC’s exploratory voyages had always been the opening up of new markets for trade while at the same time the updating of existing charts or creation of new charts. Tasman’s first voyage resulted in the discovery of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand which gave the southern and eastern geographical limits of the South Land and proved that it was not connected to Terra Australis. The results of the second voyage gave shape to Australia’s northern and northwest coasts. The second voyage charted the northern coast. The shape of Australia on maps was then to remain virtually unchanged, without any significant discoveries until those of James Cook in 1770.

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.

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