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

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

Reference 12446

Description

Old coloured map of South America after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier version of the G. de l'Isle map of south America. With the legendary lake Lake Parime or Lake Parima, Lac des Xarayes. It was reputedly the location of the fabled city of El Dorado. To the lower left a splendid title cartouche.

Details

Cartographer	Guillaume de l'Isle
Title	L'Amerique Meridionale 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	47.5 x 58.5 cm (18.7 x 23.0 inches)
Sheet Size	53.0 x 63.5 cm (20.9 x 25.0 inches)

Condition

Underlining by an old hand, one ink spot. Very good conditions with old colours. 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 South America. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

South America - de l'Isle, Guillaume - L'Amerique Meridionale Dressee sur les...