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C1681
Nova Mexico. [Mexico & California]
Mapmaker:
Pierre Duval (1618 - 1683)
Rare early miniature map of the island of present day California and Mexico. California is shown as an island and the map includes numerous place names, including the mysterious seven cities of Cibola. The Rio Nort (Rio Grande) originates from … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nova Mexico. [Mexico & California]
Date:
C1681
Mapmaker:
Pierre Duval (1618 - 1683)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
120mm
x 110mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1681
Description:
Rare early miniature map of the island of present day California and Mexico. California is shown as an island and the map includes numerous place names, including the mysterious seven cities of Cibola. The Rio Nort (Rio Grande) originates from a large Lac de Conibas and incorrectly flows into the Mare Vermeio. The map is based on Sanson’s Audience de Guadalajara (1657) with the addition of the Fretum Anian above the island and several unnamed, north-south, mountain ranges..
References: Burden 504, McLaughlin 30
Duval, Geographiae universalis pars prior, Nurnberg MDCLXXXI (1681)
Mapmaker:
Pierre Duval (1618–1683)
Pierr Duval was born in Abbeville, Duval began his cartographic career in Paris studying under his uncle, the celebrated geographer Nicolas Sanson. He was soon employed in editing maps for publication by the print-seller Pierre Mariette. By 1650, he had become Geographe du roi. According to royal letters found among his papers in 1683, Duval was employed as an officer in the Maison du Roi and received a modest wage of 350 livres. He sustained a publishing collaboration with Mariette until 1654, when he married Marie Desmaretz, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. Following this, he established himself in Paris and produced maps and cartographic documents for a variety of Parisian map-sellers. Duval supplied manuscripts to Nicolas Berey, Girard Joillan, Nicolas Langlois, Estienne Vouillement and Antoine de Fer.
