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Large Decorative Antique Map of the Mediterranean, ca.1770

About the Item

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en Douze Feuilles'. First map out of twelve fine engraved double-page and folding maps that join to create a large wall map of the Mediterranean. The detailed charts show depths, ports, fortifications and towns of the entire Mediterranean coast: for Cadiz and the Strait of Gibraltar to Oran and Tunis; Algeria and the Balearic Islands; Languedoc to Corsica and Elba; Tyrrhenian Sea; Minorca, Sardinia and Tunisia; Sicily, Malta and Libya; Adriatic Sea; Libya; Crete, Libya and Egypt; south of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine and Egypt; south of the Egadi Islands and Crete; and north of the Egadi Islands and the Dardanelles. Artists and Engravers: Joseph Roux owned a chart-publishing and selling business in Marseilles during the middle and latter part of the eighteenth century. A copy of this atlas was used aboard Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, in 1802 and 1803 - a fact which shows that the Royal Navy was relying on British and foreign privately printed charts even after Alexander Dalrymple had established the Admiralty Hydrographic Office in 1795.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.25 in (56.5 cm)Width: 32.29 in (82 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
    1770-1779
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1770
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Several repairs with tape, visible on verso. Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Several repairs with tape, visible on verso. Please study image carefully.
  • Seller Location:
    Langweer, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BG-049111stDibs: LU3054327382102

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