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L'Espagne Dressée sur la Description qui en a été faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva et sur plusieurs Relations et Cartes Manuscrites ou imprimés de ce Royaume Rectifiées par les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie des Sciences & autres Asstronomes
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| Title | L'Espagne Dressée sur la Description qui en a été faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva et sur plusieurs Relations et Cartes Manuscrites ou imprimés de ce Royaume Rectifiées par les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie des Sciences & autres Asstronomes |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G6560_1701_L5.html |
| Cartographer | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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| Engraver | Berey, Charles
Simonneau, Charles, 1645-1728
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1701 |
| Publisher | L'Isle, Guillaume de 1675-1726
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| Place of Publication | France--Paris |
| Original Source | "Atlas de Geographie." Guillaume de L'Isle. Paris: Guillaume de L'Isle, 1701. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Paper contains watermark
Outline color.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in cartouche in upper right corner:
"L'Espagne Dressée sur la Description qui en a été faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva et sur plusieurs Relations et Cartes Manuscrites ou imprimés de ce Royaume Rectifiées par les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie des Sciences & autres Asstronomes. Par G De L'Isle Goegraphe A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge Avec Privilege du Roy pour 20. Ans. 1701.."
Printed beneath cartouche:
"Car. Simoneau inv et sculp.
Printed in lower left corner:
"Berey Sculpsit."
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"61."
Depicts Spain, Portugal, part of southern France, a small part of the Mediterranean Sea and some of northwest Africa. Spain and Portugal have been divided into three major regions including: "Etats De Portugal" on the west coast, "Etats De Castille" in the center and "Etats D'Aragon on the east coast. The Strait of Gibraltar is visible between Spain and the northwest tip of Africa. Three islands in the Mediterranean are shown off of Spain's western coast: "Isle D'Ivica", "Isle De Mallorca, " and I. De Minorca." Beneath the cartouche, an inprint of text from a prior printing is evident, but illegible. Surrounding the cartouche are illustrations of reclining classical figures, flora, and horses.
Scale: 1:2, 600, 000. |
| Contextual Notes | Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was a cartographer and the Premier Geographer to the King in France beginning in 1718. His family played a significant part in the world of French cartography in the eighteenth century. At age 9, he drew his first map and at age 27 he became a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He studied under Jacques Cassini, acquiring knowledge in both mathematics and astronomy. Due to his academic background and his "critical approach to the maps of his predecessors" he became known as the first "scientific cartographer" (Moreland and Bannister, 132). Among his works are "Globe, map of the world and the four continents" (1700), "Atlas de Géographie" (1700-12), "Mississippi" (1701), "Carte du Mexique et de la Floride…" (c.a. 1703), "Carte de la Louisiane et du Mississippi" (1718) and posthumously, "Atlas Noveau" (1730 and later). Following his death, his widow took up the business with a partner, Philippe Buache (Tooley 395; Moreland and Bannister, 131-2).
This particular map was most likely published in de L'Isle's "Atlas de Géographie" (David Rumsey Cartography Associates). The map is apparently based on a description of Spain written by Rodrigo Mendez Sylva.
Source(s):
David Rumsey Cartography Associates. "David Rumsey Collection. L'Espagne. Dressee sur la…" Accessed 19 Mar 2009.
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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| Language | French |
| Location Depicted | Spain
Portugal
Europe, Southern
Mediterranean
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Spain-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Mendez Silva, Rodrigo, 1607-1675 |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP024 |
| Ordering Information | For information about digital reproductions, please email photos@u.washington.edu. Please cite the Digital ID number. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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| Repository Collection | Rare Map Collection. G6560 1701 L5 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 44 x 63 cm. |
| Condition | Has binder's guard. Some foxing throughout. Some color has bled through to verso. Browning around edges. Written in pencil on verso in upper right corner: 4. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| References | David Rumsey Cartography Associates, http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2883~300015:L-Espagne--Dressee-sur-la-descripti . |
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