COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
Collection
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Barcode:
4687820500509
identifier
4687820500509
Barcode
false
Title:
Mappemonde a l'usage du roy
title
Mappemonde a l'usage du roy
Title
false
Contributor:
Delisle, Guillaume, 1675-1726, cartographer
contributor
Delisle, Guillaume, 1675-1726, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Thematic Maps
category
Thematic Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
French
language
French
Language
false
Create Year:
1720
date
1720
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG2000, 8264 × 5573, 7MB
format
JPEG2000, 8264 × 5573, 7MB
Format
false
Scale:
[ca. 1:76,000,000]. At equator (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 90⁰--S 90⁰)
scale
[ca. 1:76,000,000]. At equator (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 90⁰--S 90⁰)
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
47 x 71 cm, on sheet 56 x 79 cm
obj_height_cm
47 x 71 cm, on sheet 56 x 79 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This double hemisphere map is by Guillaume Delisle a french cartographer known by its accuracy and personal integrity. His work was distinguished by its scientific basis and constant revision. Delisle marked a transition from the 'Dutch school', with maps highly decorative and artistically-orientated, to a more scientific approach. He reduced the decorative elements in maps, and emphasized the scientific aspect. His maps reflect the latest information available and did not contain fanciful detail in the absence of solid information. It can be said that he was the father of the modern cartography at commercial level. However this particular map does include the mythical lands of Juan De Gama's -a mythical land believed to have existed between Kamchatka and the American continent. On the map there are marked the routes of the principal circumnavigators: Magellan, Le Maire, St. Louis, Halley, Mendana, St. Antoine, Tasman, and Quiroz. The western portion of North America is still largely blank.
note
This double hemisphere map is by Guillaume Delisle a french cartographer known by its accuracy and personal integrity. His work was distinguished by its scientific basis and constant revision. Delisle marked a transition from the 'Dutch school', with maps highly decorative and artistically-orientated, to a more scientific approach. He reduced the decorative elements in maps, and emphasized the scientific aspect. His maps reflect the latest information available and did not contain fanciful detail in the absence of solid information. It can be said that he was the father of the modern cartography at commercial level. However this particular map does include the mythical lands of Juan De Gama's -a mythical land believed to have existed between Kamchatka and the American continent. On the map there are marked the routes of the principal circumnavigators: Magellan, Le Maire, St. Louis, Halley, Mendana, St. Antoine, Tasman, and Quiroz. The western portion of North America is still largely blank.
Note
false
Note:
Title at the top inside banderole. Scrollwork cartouche in between the title with the coat of arms of the King of France surrounded by four representations of the continents: Europe as a woman with a cornucopia in her right hand; Africa represented by a native resting his right arm on a lion; America also represented by a native, an Indian with a parasol on his right hand a child on the left and Asia as an Arabic with an incense burner in his hands. A smaller scrollwork cartouche at the bottom center contains the imprint.
Equator line in black and white interchangeably.
Equator line in black and white interchangeably.
note
Title at the top inside banderole. Scrollwork cartouche in between the title with the coat of arms of the King of France surrounded by four representations of the continents: Europe as a woman with a cornucopia in her right hand; Africa represented by a native resting his right arm on a lion; America also represented by a native, an Indian with a parasol on his right hand a child on the left and Asia as an Arabic with an incense burner in his hands. A smaller scrollwork cartouche at the bottom center contains the imprint.
Equator line in black and white interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Different administrative regions coloured in different colours.
note
Different administrative regions coloured in different colours.
Note
false
Note:
Relief is shown pictorially.
note
Relief is shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in double fillet.
note
Map outlined in double fillet.
Note
false
Note:
Macao in World maps.
note
Macao in World maps.
Note
false
Reference:
Tooley's Dic. of Mapmakers, A-D [vol. 1], p. 353-355
reference
Tooley's Dic. of Mapmakers, A-D [vol. 1], p. 353-355
Reference
false
Reference:
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, p. 597
reference
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, p. 597
Reference
false
Subject:
Navigation
subject
Navigation
Subject
false
Subject:
Nautical charts
subject
Nautical charts
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Library of Congress
source
Library of Congress
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://lccn.loc.gov/2005627023
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
G3200 1720 .L5 Vault
original_call_no
G3200 1720 .L5 Vault
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
must_holding
https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/reglfj/alma991002923849405076
MUST holding
false