Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne ... depuis Bergen et les Isles Schetland jusques au Pas de...

Coloured sea chart of the North Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier circa 1700.

Reference 12057

Description

Very large sea chart of the North Sea by J. Covens and P. Mortier. Showing the coast of the North Sea with the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the Scottish and English east coast, Calais and Dover, the North Sea coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, along the Atlantic coast of Norway with Stavanger and Bergen. Oriented to the east. Decorated with rhumb lines and two compass roses.

Koeman about Le Neptune François:

The Neptune Francois in two parts and its third part Cartes Marines... was the most expensive sea-atlas ever published in Amsterdam in the 17th century. Its charts are larger and more lavishly decorated than those of any preceding book of its kind... In 1700, Mortier brought out a third volume with charts of the outer-European waters... Suite du Neptune François. Apart from the first volume which had a second edition in 1703, none of the atlases was republished. This magnificent work was intended more as a show-piece than something to be used by the pilots at sea.

Details

Cartographer	Covens and Mortier
Title	Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne ... depuis Bergen et les Isles Schetland jusques au Pas de Calais
Publisher, Year	Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1700
Plate Size	61.0 x 86.0 cm (24.0 x 33.9 inches)
Sheet Size	64.5 x 92.0 cm (25.4 x 36.2 inches)

Condition

Small tears in margin backed. Very good conditions.

Cartographer

Pieter und David Mortier were booksellers in Paris and have published a wide range of geographical works. After Pieter's death, his widow continued the business until their son Cornelius took over. Cornelius started a partnership with his brother-in-law Johannes Covens and established the famous publishing house Covens and Mortier in Amsterdam. They have re-issued Atlases of Sanson, de l'Isle, Visscher and de Wit.

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Covens and Mortier: Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne ... depuis Bergen et les Isles Schetland jusques au Pas de Calais.

Coloured sea chart of the North Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier circa 1700.

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