C1827

Oceanique. Archipel des Nlles. Hebrides. No.39. [Vanuatu]

Name: Oceanique. Archipel des Nlles. Hebrides. No.39. [Vanuatu]
SKU: AUDGP-PI-VAN-039--232177
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Mapmaker:

Phillip Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen (1795 - 1869)

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Scarce large scale c.19th map of Vanuatu from Vandermaelen’s monumental atlas. It was the first atlas produced using lithography. It was also the first atlas in which all the maps were on the same scale (1:1,641,836) and additionally the maps … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Oceanique. Archipel des Nlles. Hebrides. No.39. [Vanuatu]

Date:

C1827

Mapmaker:

Phillip Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen (1795 - 1869)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

555mm

x 470mm

Paper Size:

555mm

x 760mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1827

Description:

Scarce large scale c.19th map of Vanuatu from Vandermaelen’s monumental atlas.

It was the first atlas produced using lithography. It was also the first atlas in which all the maps were on the same scale (1:1,641,836) and additionally the maps were designed to be joined into a three-dimensional terrestrial globe with a diameter of approximately 7.75 meters. He built one example of the monumental globe that the maps were designed to create and measured more than 7.01m in diameter.

From: Vandermaelen, Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique, sur l’echelle

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 749.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3359
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: LCCN 2012587601
Princeton University Library: Call number: MAP Oversize 2009-0008E
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 2212C
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: 179

Phillip Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen (1795 - 1869)

Mapmaker & author of a great number of atlases, maps and dictionaries. His greatest work was “Atlas Universel" published in Brussels & the first atlas on a uniform scale throughout.

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