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La Plus Grande Partie de la Mache, qui contient Les Cotes D'Angleterre et celles de France les Bords Maritimes de Picardie Aux depens de Matthieu Seutter. Avec Privilege du Vicariat
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| Title | La Plus Grande Partie de la Mache, qui contient Les Cotes D'Angleterre et celles de France les Bords Maritimes de Picardie Aux depens de Matthieu Seutter. Avec Privilege du Vicariat |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/English_Channel_912_At651.html |
| Cartographer | Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | ca. 1730 |
| Publisher | Homann Erben (Firm)
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| Place of Publication | Germany--Augsburg |
| Original Source | Seutter, Matthaeus. "Atlantis Geographicus Maior, " [Grosser Atlas]. Pts. 1 and 2. Nuremberg: Homann Erben, 1734-1781? |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Full color.
Includes compass rose.
Printed in cartouche in center of bottom:
" La Plus Grande Partie de la Mache, qui contient Les Cotes D'Angleterre et celles de France les Bords Maritimes de Picardie Aux depens de Matthieu Seutter. Avec Privilege du Vicariat."
Printed beneath the cartouche in an illustration is a scale comparing French leagues and German leagues.
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"42."
Written in red pencil in upper right corner:
"44."
Depicts the English Channel as "Le Canal de France Autrement Mer Britannique". Southeastern England is shown divided into Southamtonshire, Middlesex, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Barkshire, Glocestershire, Hartfordshire, Essex, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Also shows northwestern France including Normandy. Of note, sounding depths are shown throughout the map as well as various shoals. Shows rivers, pictorial cities, and forests. Beneath the title cartouche is an image of the god of the sea Neptune representing victory or dominion over the sea. |
| Contextual Notes | Georg Mathaus Seutter (1678-1756) was a map publisher and cartographer from Nuremberg who set up shop in Augsburg. After an apprenticeship with J. B. Homann in 1697, he began working in Augsburg and was eventually appointed Geographer to Imperial Court. Throughout his lifetime, he competed with his old mentor and worked closely with his son-in-law to put out a collection of town plans. His works include "Atlas Germanicus" (c. 1720), "Atlas Geographicus" (1725), "Atlas Novus" (1728), "Grosser Atlas" (c. 1735), "Atlas novus sive tabulae geographicae totius orbis" (c. 1741), and "Atlas Minor" (1744). After his death, his son, Albrecht Karl, continued the business (Moreland and Bannister, 87-8; Tooley, "Dictionary of Mapmakers" 557).
Source(s):
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 | English
French |
| Category | Historical Illustrated Scene
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| Location Depicted | English Channel
England
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | English Channel-Maps-Early works to 1800 |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP068 |
| 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. Atlas 912 At651 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 49 x 57 cm. |
| Condition | Tidelines evident along right and left edges. Some foxing evident. Has binder's guard. Library stamp on verso with number 688003. Some color has bled through to verso. |
| 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. |
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