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C1755
Mappemonde a l’usage du Roy. Par Guillaume Delisle Premier Geographe de S.M.
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Superb large c.18th French hand coloured double hemisphere map of the world by Guillaume De l’Isle who was one of the most important cartographers of the period. Very decorative c.18th double hemisphere world map with a sumptuous Rococo style title … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mappemonde a l’usage du Roy. Par Guillaume Delisle Premier Geographe de S.M.
Date:
C1755
Mapmaker:
Condition:
A Strong impression. Top margin expertly extended, otherwise in good condition, with fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
673mm
x 440mm
Paper Size:
742mm
x 460mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1755
Description:
Superb large c.18th French hand coloured double hemisphere map of the world by Guillaume De l’Isle who was one of the most important cartographers of the period.
Very decorative c.18th double hemisphere world map with a sumptuous Rococo style title at top with a long ribbon extending along the width of the map. The map depicts Australia and New Zealand with the discoveries made by early Dutch voyages and Abel Tasman’s on his two voyages of exploration of the Southland 1642-44. Noted are the Trial Islands near present-day Dampier, off Australia’s north west coast which were named after the English ship the Trial, wrecked in 1622 and remained incorrectly positioned on charts for two hundred years.
The tracks of: Abel Tasman, Mendana, Halley, Magellan, Quiros are shown.
From, de l’Isle, G. Atlas Geographique.
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 3456.
Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b5971449h
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2215349
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 4764.002
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS M2 100/1728/1 (1757 edition)
Philippe Buache (1700 - 1773)
Buache was a French geographe and trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle, whose daughter he married, and whom he succeeded in the Académie des sciences in 1730. Buache was nominated first geographer of the king in 1729. He established the division of the world by seas and river systems. He believed in a southern continent, an hypothesis which was confirmed by later discoveries. His nephew, Jean Nicolas Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 15 February 1741; died Paris, 21 November 1825), was also a geographer of the king.