ILE DE LA REUNION FRANCE 1849 DEPOT MARINE OVERSIZE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL SEA CHART

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Double your traffic. Carte des Cotes de l'Ile de la Réunion Levée en 1845 et 1846, d'après les ordres de Mr. Romain-Desfossés, Cap.ne de Vaisseau, commandant la Station de Bourbon et de Madagascar, par MM. G. Cloué, Daras, M. R. Leblanc et Foullioy, Enseignes de V,au, assistés de MM. J. B. Lefèvre et Belliot, Elèves de Marine. Dressée par Mr. Cloué. Dépot-général de la Marine 1849 . Description: Striking and hightly detailed copper engraved very large 1849 Depot de la Marine's double page sea chart detailing the coast of Réunion. Map includes some coasatal profiles . Seal of the Depot Général de la Marine in the bottom leftt corner and the title is in left aside . Date: 1849 ( dated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 99,3 x 67,3 Condition: Very strong a nd dark impression on strong paper. Paper with watermark. Uncolored as issued. Good margins . Small foxing. Tear to the bollom along centre fold, renforced on the verso. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine (fl. 1720 - present), often called the Depot de Marine, was a French hydrographic mapping organization founded in 1720. Much like the U.S. Coast Survey, the British Admiralty, and the Spanish Deposito Hydrografico, the Depot was initiated as a storehouse and distribution center of existing nautical and marine charts. read more