Carte de la Terre Ferme, du Perou, du Bresil, et du Pays des Amazones...

Guillaume de l'Isle (*1675 - 1726)
Old coloured map of South America. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

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Old coloured map of the northern part of South America after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier version of the G. de l'Isle map. Shows the Amazon region with Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Peru with the Andes. The location of the legendary Lake Parime or Lake Parima, Lac des Xarayes is marked. It was reputedly the location of the fabled city of El Dorado. A magnificent title cartouche at the top right.

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CartographerGuillaume de l'Isle
TitleCarte de la Terre Ferme, du Perou, du Bresil, et du Pays des Amazones...
Publisher, YearCovens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Plate Size49.3 x 57.5 cm (19.4 x 22.6 inches)
Sheet Size53.0 x 63.0 cm (20.9 x 24.8 inches)

Condition

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.

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