April 12, 2024
ISTHMUS OF DARIEN PANAMA 1719 CHATELAIN ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP
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Double your traffic. Description de l’Isthme de Darien des Proprietez du Pais et de la Ville de Panama; a la Quelle on a Joint une Description Curieuse des Diverses Plantes, Oiseaux, Poissons les plus Rares qui se Trouvent dans la Nouvelle Holland. Description: Striking and hightly detailed copper engraved plate including three small maps covering the Isthmus of Darien and the Gulf of Panama. The maps are flanked on two sides by explanatory text in French. This example is illustrated with seven panels of finely engraved examples of the region's flora and fauna, including fish, birds and plant life. The larger of the three maps, Carte de L'Isthme de Darien et du Golfe de Panama shows the route of the author and includes a compass rose . Date: 1719 ( undated ) Dimension: Pa per size approx.: cm 51,7 x 44,4 Condition: Very strong a nd dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains and wire marks. Uncolored as issued. Wide margins. Small foxing and browning. Wormings affecting the plate, repaired on the verso. Map browned along centre fold. Map folded as issued. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He lived consecutively in Paris, St. Martins, London (c. 1710), The Hague (c. 1721) and Amsterdam (c. 1728). He is best known as a Dutch
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