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C1804
Mappe-Monde Suivant les Nouvelles Relations et Assujette aux Observations Astronimiques…
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Large French double hemisphere map of the world dated 1804 showing Australia with Bass Strait and a hypothetical southern coastline. The tracks and discoveries made by Captain James Cook’s on his three voyages of exploration are shown as well numerous … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mappe-Monde Suivant les Nouvelles Relations et Assujette aux Observations Astronimiques…
Date:
C1804
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
740mm
x 470mm
Paper Size:
772mm
x 515mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1804
Description:
Large French double hemisphere map of the world dated 1804 showing Australia with Bass Strait and a hypothetical southern coastline. The tracks and discoveries made by Captain James Cook’s on his three voyages of exploration are shown as well numerous other explorers tracks, including; Abel Tasman 1642-2, Anson 1743, La Marie 1739, Vancouver 1780.
From Delamarche, Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre. Paris
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973: 664.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 4775403
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b53119358p
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973: 664.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 4775403
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b53119358p
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.
