C1737

Nouvelle Carte D’Une Grande Partie…

Mapmaker:

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)

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S/N: ASI-1737-ANVI–216813

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Full Title:

Nouvelle Carte D’Une Grande Partie de la Presqu Isle des Indes en de ca du Gange.

Date:

C1737

Mapmaker:

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)

Condition:

In good condition, folds as issued. An excellent example of this map.

Technique:

Image Size:

252mm

x 342mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1737

Description:

Map of India is based on Jesuit sources with symbol of the Society of Jesus at lower left. The Jesuits had been in India since 1541 with the arrival of Francis Xavier in Goa, one of the original companions of Loyola, to consider evangelical service in the Indies. In a 1545 letter to John III of Portugal, he requested an Inquisition to be installed in Goa.

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)

D'Anville was a French cartographer of great repute. Following the death of De Lisle, D'Anville continued the line of progressive French cartographers which had begun with Nicolas Sanson in the previous century. A child prodigy, he is said to have designed his first map at the age of fifteen and in his long distinguished career he produced a large number of elegantly engraved maps, noted for their scholarship and accuracy. Having exacting standards soon brought him international recognition as the finest cartographer of his time.

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