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Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
36878003541204
identifier
36878003541204
Barcode
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Title:
Plan et carte particuliere de la riviere de Cantong et ses environs et depuis l'isle de Sancien jusque a celle de Makao
title
Plan et carte particuliere de la riviere de Cantong et ses environs et depuis l'isle de Sancien jusque a celle de Makao
Title
false
Other Title:
Grande forteresse.
other_title
Grande forteresse.
Other Title
false
Other Title:
Isle de Tong-Pao.
other_title
Isle de Tong-Pao.
Other Title
false
Contributor:
La Grange-Chancel, Louis de, 1678-1747, cartographer
contributor
La Grange-Chancel, Louis de, 1678-1747, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
French
language
French
Language
false
Create Year:
1698
date
1698
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 10906 x 7606, 13MB
format
JPEG 2000, 10906 x 7606, 13MB
Format
false
Scale:
[ca. 1:200,000].
scale
[ca. 1:200,000].
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
61 x 88 cm, on sheet 68 x 93 cm
obj_height_cm
61 x 88 cm, on sheet 68 x 93 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This manuscript chart of Macao and its surroundings was made La Grange to illustrate his voyage to the West Indies between 1701 and 1702. The map is mentioned on his manuscript 'Le premier volume des voyages curieux faits dans diverses provinces, de France, d'Espagne, de Flandres et de Loraine l'espace de cinquante ans' where he describes these voyage, among others, in detail. Lagrange provides an eyewitness account of the groundbreaking 1698-1700 trading expedition to Canton made by the frigate L’Amphitrite, considered the first voyage of the French to China. Over the nearly 400 closely written pages of his manuscript Lagrange also provides insider knowledge on current politics, court intrigue, and the like, all the while carefully describing the architecture, natural setting, and inhabitants of the some 200 towns and cities he visited in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Serving as a junior officer, Lagrange describes the locales and peoples he observed en route to Canton, Ache, Malacca, Bantan, and Macau. He mentions the navigational difficulties encountered by the French, who at the time had a poor understanding of Asian geography. He visits the first burial site of St. Francis Xavier (1506-52), on Sangchuan Island. In fact, this map does extend from said Island to Hong Kong and surroundings islands with the route on the Pearl River from Macau (Makao) to Guangzhou (Cantong) which is portrayed as a big city with an agglomerate of houses and pagodas. Some soundings are given on the route taken from the Amphitrite. The two insects depict different parts of Humen (i.e. Bocca Tigris), one is the great fortress on the east bank of the Pearl River and the other of a small island right in the middle of the river passage, designated as Tong-Pao. The map is still very lacking, especially of compared to Portuguese maps of the same period.
note
This manuscript chart of Macao and its surroundings was made La Grange to illustrate his voyage to the West Indies between 1701 and 1702. The map is mentioned on his manuscript 'Le premier volume des voyages curieux faits dans diverses provinces, de France, d'Espagne, de Flandres et de Loraine l'espace de cinquante ans' where he describes these voyage, among others, in detail. Lagrange provides an eyewitness account of the groundbreaking 1698-1700 trading expedition to Canton made by the frigate L’Amphitrite, considered the first voyage of the French to China. Over the nearly 400 closely written pages of his manuscript Lagrange also provides insider knowledge on current politics, court intrigue, and the like, all the while carefully describing the architecture, natural setting, and inhabitants of the some 200 towns and cities he visited in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Serving as a junior officer, Lagrange describes the locales and peoples he observed en route to Canton, Ache, Malacca, Bantan, and Macau. He mentions the navigational difficulties encountered by the French, who at the time had a poor understanding of Asian geography. He visits the first burial site of St. Francis Xavier (1506-52), on Sangchuan Island. In fact, this map does extend from said Island to Hong Kong and surroundings islands with the route on the Pearl River from Macau (Makao) to Guangzhou (Cantong) which is portrayed as a big city with an agglomerate of houses and pagodas. Some soundings are given on the route taken from the Amphitrite. The two insects depict different parts of Humen (i.e. Bocca Tigris), one is the great fortress on the east bank of the Pearl River and the other of a small island right in the middle of the river passage, designated as Tong-Pao. The map is still very lacking, especially of compared to Portuguese maps of the same period.
Note
false
Note:
Inset 1: Grande forteresse. - Scale not given. - 5 x 8 cm. -- Inset 2: Isle de Tong-Pao. - Scale not given. - 4 x 8 cm.
note
Inset 1: Grande forteresse. - Scale not given. - 5 x 8 cm. -- Inset 2: Isle de Tong-Pao. - Scale not given. - 4 x 8 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a manuscript watercolored map, 63 x 91 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript watercolored map, 63 x 91 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Title inside dash-dotted border with phytomorphic decorations sided by flags, swords, drums and canons. Headed by a blank crowned oval space most probably intended for a coat of arms of a dedicatee. There are three 32-point compass roses on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored blue and magenta. Rhumb lines for the principal winds in magenta, half-winds in black and quarter-winds in dashed lines.
note
Title inside dash-dotted border with phytomorphic decorations sided by flags, swords, drums and canons. Headed by a blank crowned oval space most probably intended for a coat of arms of a dedicatee. There are three 32-point compass roses on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored blue and magenta. Rhumb lines for the principal winds in magenta, half-winds in black and quarter-winds in dashed lines.
Note
false
Note:
Scale line in miles inside title underneath the title in magenta, black and blue interchangeably.
note
Scale line in miles inside title underneath the title in magenta, black and blue interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
note
Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
Note
false
Note:
Landmasses outlined in black with islands colored in the same color.
note
Landmasses outlined in black with islands colored in the same color.
Note
false
Note:
Dash-doted border with phytomorphic decorations on the four corners.
note
Dash-doted border with phytomorphic decorations on the four corners.
Note
false
Note:
Toponyms in magenta.
note
Toponyms in magenta.
Note
false
Note:
Macao and its surroundings.
note
Macao and its surroundings.
Note
false
Reference:
La Grange-Chancel, L. Le premier volume des voyages curieux faits dans diverses provinces, de France, d'Espagne, de Flandres et de Loraine l'espace de cinquante ans
reference
La Grange-Chancel, L. Le premier volume des voyages curieux faits dans diverses provinces, de France, d'Espagne, de Flandres et de Loraine l'espace de cinquante ans
Reference
false
Subject:
Macao (China) -- Maps
subject
Macao (China) -- Maps
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Macao (China)
geographic_area
Macao (China)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Pearl River Estuary (China)
geographic_area
Pearl River Estuary (China)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Guangdong Sheng (China)
geographic_area
Guangdong Sheng (China)
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb45088817p
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 9 P 1
original_call_no
GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 9 P 1
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MUST holding:
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