Stunning Original Antique World Map in Decorative Hand-Colouring, 1743

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Stunning Original Antique World Map in Decorative Hand-Colouring, 1743

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Antique world map titled 'Mappemonde ou Description du Globe Terrestre'. The Robert de Vaugondy family of mapmakers was preeminent in the eighteenth century, at a time when the French were at the forefront of cartography. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy was a descendent of the family of the great 17th century French cartographer Nicolas Sanson. Sanson had initiated the so-called “French school of cartography,” which was unprecedented in its attention to precision and scientific detail, and which discarded much of the decorative embellishments of previous maps as being irrelevant. From Sanson’s time in the second half of the seventeenth century until the latter part of the eighteenth century, with the activity of the Robert de Vaugondy family, French geographical conceptions were more influential than those of any other nation. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy inherited the firm of his uncle, Pierre Moullart-Sanson, in 1730. He enlarged the stock of his family company when he purchased the estate of another acclaimed cartographer, Hubert Jaillot. He and other family members combined much of the inherited cartographic material with their own innovations, as well as those of the most advanced American mapmakers, to publish a series of beautifully produced atlases at midcentury. Gilles and his son, Didier, were the most celebrated members of the cartography dynasty, both honored with the title of Geographer to the King, Gilles in 1730 and Didier in 1760. They were responsible for this large-scale, remarkably accurate world map. In compiling it, they revised and corrected material from Sanson and Jaillot, and added many new place names. As a result, this map was one of the most advanced of its day. In a move that was characteristic of French scientific cartography, the unknown areas were left blank, rather than invented (see, for example, thein complete coastlines of Australia and North America). This is a magnificent map by this distinguished family of mapmakers.

Dimensions:
Height: 21.38 in (54.3 cm)Width: 30.52 in (77.5 cm)Depth: 0.02 in (0.5 mm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Period:
Mid-18th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1743
Condition:
Repaired: Small repairs. Partly contemporary colouring. Some small wormholes and repairs. Please study image carefully.
Seller Location:
Langweer, NL
Reference Number:
Seller: BG-099691stDibs: LU3054310423683