CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles... mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique... avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a été faite . [Amsterdam: 1719].
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles... mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique... avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a été faite . [Amsterdam: 1719]. Large engraved map of the Pacific and Americas on four sheets laid down on linen, the whole measuring 840 x 1400mm. Title set above upper margin, each pair of sheets with graticuled border, the oceans marked with the tracks of the great Portugese and Dutch navigators, Le Maire and Schouten, Magellan, Olivier van Noort and L'Hermite, lower and upper margins decorated with inset vignettes, plans of harbours and cities, portraits and explanatory texts. (Light dust-soiling along old fold lines, repaired tears to New Mexico and right-hand side, just affecting a few letters.) A FINE EXAMPLE OF CHATELAIN'S EXTRAORDINARY MAP of the Pacific and Americas, published in his Atlas Historique of 1719. The lavish decoration, extensive texts and high quality engraving, together with the encyclopaedic texts, create an impressive image of the Pacific Ocean. 'ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATELY ENGRAVED MAPS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE EVER PRODUCED' (Schwartz & Ehrenberg, p.142). Tooley California as an Island 80
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles... mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique... avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a été faite . [Amsterdam: 1719].
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles... mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique... avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a été faite . [Amsterdam: 1719]. Large engraved map of the Pacific and Americas on four sheets laid down on linen, the whole measuring 840 x 1400mm. Title set above upper margin, each pair of sheets with graticuled border, the oceans marked with the tracks of the great Portugese and Dutch navigators, Le Maire and Schouten, Magellan, Olivier van Noort and L'Hermite, lower and upper margins decorated with inset vignettes, plans of harbours and cities, portraits and explanatory texts. (Light dust-soiling along old fold lines, repaired tears to New Mexico and right-hand side, just affecting a few letters.) A FINE EXAMPLE OF CHATELAIN'S EXTRAORDINARY MAP of the Pacific and Americas, published in his Atlas Historique of 1719. The lavish decoration, extensive texts and high quality engraving, together with the encyclopaedic texts, create an impressive image of the Pacific Ocean. 'ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATELY ENGRAVED MAPS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE EVER PRODUCED' (Schwartz & Ehrenberg, p.142). Tooley California as an Island 80
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