DESNOS, Louis-Charles (fl.1750-1790). Mappemonde dressée sur les relations les plus nouvelles... Paris: chez l'auteur, 1766. Separately published, large hand-coloured engraved double-hemisphere world map, the four continents of Asia, Europe, America and Africa appearing as allegorical female figures at corners set within respective landscapes, the top border including representations of Kircher's sun, Cassini's moon, Copernicus' solar system and the planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, the top gap between hemispheres filled by a portrait of Charles III and correspondingly below this the title within large decorative cartouche, 770 x 545mm. (Two clean tears 70mm and 60mm into south-western Pacific Ocean, edges lightly chipped and frayed affecting just a few letters in caption in lower margin, some restoration to creasefolds and closed tears, occasional light soiling.) Provenance : ink manuscript note in a neat 18th-century hand in area of Southern Ocean regarding the discovery of the Kerguelen Islands in 1772. LARGE MAP DISPLAYING THE WORLD PRIOR TO CAPTAIN COOK ' S VOYAGES . Based upon N. Jaugon's double-hemisphere world map of 1688 (Shirley 538), Desnos' map is one of the last to display the world as it was viewed before James Cook's voyages, the discoveries from which would extensively redraw continents and landforms. Although Desnos significantly updated Jaugon, there are some impressive curiosities, particularly in the northwestern Americas: a great bay marked 'M. de l'Ouest' takes up most of British Columbia, with various large and peculiar rivers appearing to the north; the Aleutian Archipelago is treated as a continuous coastline.
DESNOS, Louis-Charles (fl.1750-1790). Mappemonde dressée sur les relations les plus nouvelles... Paris: chez l'auteur, 1766. Separately published, large hand-coloured engraved double-hemisphere world map, the four continents of Asia, Europe, America and Africa appearing as allegorical female figures at corners set within respective landscapes, the top border including representations of Kircher's sun, Cassini's moon, Copernicus' solar system and the planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, the top gap between hemispheres filled by a portrait of Charles III and correspondingly below this the title within large decorative cartouche, 770 x 545mm. (Two clean tears 70mm and 60mm into south-western Pacific Ocean, edges lightly chipped and frayed affecting just a few letters in caption in lower margin, some restoration to creasefolds and closed tears, occasional light soiling.) Provenance : ink manuscript note in a neat 18th-century hand in area of Southern Ocean regarding the discovery of the Kerguelen Islands in 1772. LARGE MAP DISPLAYING THE WORLD PRIOR TO CAPTAIN COOK ' S VOYAGES . Based upon N. Jaugon's double-hemisphere world map of 1688 (Shirley 538), Desnos' map is one of the last to display the world as it was viewed before James Cook's voyages, the discoveries from which would extensively redraw continents and landforms. Although Desnos significantly updated Jaugon, there are some impressive curiosities, particularly in the northwestern Americas: a great bay marked 'M. de l'Ouest' takes up most of British Columbia, with various large and peculiar rivers appearing to the north; the Aleutian Archipelago is treated as a continuous coastline.
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