La Plus Grande Partie de la Manche, qui Contient les Cotes d'Angleterre et celles de...

Old colored map of the English Channel by Georg Matthäus Seutter, published by Tobias Lotter in Augsburg. Shows the south coast of England, the Isle of Wight, and the north coast of Normandy.

This detailed map from around 1730 shows southeast England, including London and the course of the Thames, from Gloucester and Salisbury to the canals and from Oxfordshire to the Isle of Wight. The Normandy coast is depicted from Calais to Havre de Grace. Seutter combines elements of nautical charts and conventional maps, with depth information and shading to indicate underwater hazards in the English Channel. The North Sea and the Strait of Dover are also included. In the lower center is an elaborate allegorical cartouche decorated with maritime scenes, castles, a merchant, a swarm of bees, and mythological figures, including Neptune and Hermes.

The cartouche depicts Greek gods such as Poseidon and Hermes, as well as merchants, bees, and merchant ships. This map first appeared in various Seutter atlases in the 1730s. This copy is particularly vivid, suggesting that it is an early print. The plate was later revised and reused by Seutter's successor, T. C. Lotter, in the 1770s.

George Matthaus Seutter, a German publisher, cartographer and engraver from Augsburg, was born 1678 as the son of a goldsmith. After an apprenticeship at J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, he returned to his native city of Augsburg and worked in the publishing firm of Jeremiah Wolf. In 1707 he founded his own successful publishing company and produced maps, atlases and globes. Seutter died in 1757. The company went over to his son Albrecht Carl and his stepsons G. B. Probst and T. C. Lotter in after his death in 1757. The latter being regarded as his true successor. According to C. Sandler, following atlases have been published by Seutter:

- Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der Ganzen Welt, 1725
- Atlas Compendiosus oder die ganze Welt in den nothwendigsten Geographischen Charten
- Atlas Compendiosus Scholasticus
- Atlas Novus Indicubus Instructus, 1728
- Grosser Atlas, 1734
- Atlas Minor, 1744

Beside the atlases, Seutter produced a pair of 20 cm table globes during his early days.

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