SPAIN BALEARES 1655 SANSON ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP

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Double your traffic. Espagne. Striking and beautifully detailed copper engraved chart covering the present-days Spain, Portugal, Baleares, Gibraltar and parts of France and North Africa. Map is filled with major cities, mountains and rivers. The map is beautifully adorned with a decorative cartouche. Map from: Nicolas SANSON D'ABBEVILLE L'Europe en plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles, et Exactes; & en divers Traitez de Geographie, et d'Histoire. L� où sont descripts succinctement, & avec une belle Methode, & facile ses Empires, ses Monarchies, ses Estats, &c. Les Moeurs, Les Langues, les Religions, les Richesses des Peuples, &c. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1655 Printed area size approx.: cm 23,9 x 18,6 Paper size approx.: cm 35,9 x 24,9 Very strong a nd dark impression on very strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremark. Original colors to the outlines. Wide margins. Left lower corner partially missed. Small waterstains. Small tear to the bottom along centre fold. Chart with browning and foxing. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: Nicholas Sanson (1600 – 1667) and his descendents were important French cartographer’s active through the 17th century. Sanson started his career as a historian where, it is said, he turned to cartography as a way to illustrate his historical studies. In the course of his research some of his fine maps came to the attention of King Louis XIII who, admiring the quality of his work, appointed Sanson “Geographe Ordinaire du Roi”. Sanson’s duties in this coved position included advising the King on matters of Geography and compiling the royal cartographic archive. Sanson’s corpus of some three hundred maps initiated the golden age of French Cartography. He is most admired for his construction of the magnificent atlas Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde. Sanson’s maps of North America, Amerique Septentrionale (1650) and La Canada ou Nouvelle France (1656) are exceptionally notable for their important contributions to the cartographic perceptions of the New World. Both maps utilize the discoveries of important French missionaries to the interior and are among the first published maps to show the Great Lakes in recognizable form. Sanson was also an active proponent of the Insular California theory, wherein it was speculated that California was an island rather than an peninsula. After his death, Sanson’s cartographic work was carried on by his sons, Guillaume (? – 1703) and Adrien Sanson (? – 1708), as well as by A. H. Jaillot and Pierre Duval, with whom the partnered. View My Feedback View My Other Items For Sale Visit my eBay Store All of the maps we sell are ORIGINALS. We guarantee all of our maps to be authentic. We do our best to describe the condition of our maps as accurately as possible. Due to the age and type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help. A Certification of Authenticity ( COA ) can be issued on requestI will send you all your item by Registered and Insured Airmal or by TNT/DHL with covering Insurance If you buy more than one item you have to pay just one only shipping cost Any map purchased from us may be returend for any reason for a full refund. About old times rare antiquarian bookS & maps sellers Our Firm was founded in 1983 and we are specialized on antiquarian works on paper concerning Antique Rare Maps, Atlases and Travel Books of all the World. Our Firm adheres to the Codes of Ethics outlined by the Italian Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( ALAI ) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ( ILAB ). All items sold by OLD TIMES are genuine and a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) will be happily supplied on request. Many Thanks Cesare Giannelli OLD TIMES RARE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS & MAPS SELLERS Via Cortonese, 70 06124 - Pe... read more

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