L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des...

Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

Reference 12445

Description

Old coloured map of North America after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier version of the important foundation map of North America by G. de l'Isle. California is again correctly depicted as a peninsula, the Great Lakes are based on Coronelli. French fortifications and settlements such as Fort Richelieu (Fort Sorel), Tadousac, Quebec and Montreal are already present. Compared to the map of de l'Isle, the routes of the explorers and navigators Drake, Cortés, Olivier van Noort and Mendana in the Pacific are included.

To the top left a splendid title cartouche with Neptune, Poseidon, a sea monster and shells.

Details

Cartographer	Guillaume de l'Isle
Title	L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences... Par G. de l'Isle...
Publisher, Year	Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Plate Size	47.0 x 58.3 cm (18.5 x 23.0 inches)
Sheet Size	53.0 x 63.0 cm (20.9 x 24.8 inches)
Reference	Tooley, R.V.: The Mapping of America, No. 33

Condition

Underlining by an old hand. Excellent condition with old outline colour. Never framed before.

Cartographer

The de L'Isle family was one of the most influential Geographers of the early 18th century in France. Claude de L'Isle, born 1644, had four sons, of which Guillaume was the most notable. Guillaume was born 1675 and became member of the Académie Royale des Sciences with the age of twenty-seven, and was honoured later with the title Premier Géographe du Roi. His largest project, the Atlas de Géographie, was published until 1774 in Paris and Amsterdam (Covens and Mortier). He died in 1726.

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Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

North America - de l'Isle, Guillaume - L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les...