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Carte Des Pays bas Catholiques Dressée sur un grand nombre de Cartes particulieres faites sur les lieux ou les limites sont exactement marquées suivant les derniers Traitez
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| Title | Carte Des Pays bas Catholiques Dressée sur un grand nombre de Cartes particulieres faites sur les lieux ou les limites sont exactement marquées suivant les derniers Traitez |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G6010_1702_L5.html |
| Cartographer | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1702 |
| Publisher | L'Isle, Guillaume de 1675-1726
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| Place of Publication | France--Paris |
| Original Source | "Atlas de Geographie." L'Isle, Guillaume de. Paris: Guillaume de L'Isle, 1731. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Outline color.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in upper left corner in cartouche:
"Carte Des Pays bas Catholiques Dressée sur un grand nombre de Cartes particulieres faites sur les lieux ou les limites sont exactement marquées suivant les derniers Traitez Par Guillaume De l'Isle Geographe, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences A Paris Chez l'Aueteur sur le Quai de l'HOrloge al'Aigle d'Ore avec Privil. pour 20 ans. MDCCII."
Printed in lower left corner is scale the common leagues of the Low Countries, leagues from Flanders, Artois, Brabant and Luxembourg as well as common French leagues and common German leagues.
Beneath the cartouche, text from previous engraving is visible but not legible.
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"47."
Depicts the Catholic Low Countries including Flanders, Brabant, Namur, Cambresi, Haynau, Luxembourg, Artois, Holland, Cologne, Zealand, and part of Westphalia. Shows pictorial cities, mountains and forests as well as rivers. Decorating the cartouche are flowers, two classical figures, banners with coats of arms and a reclining lion.
Scale: c.a. 1:700, 000.
[East 1º31'--East 7º28'/North 52º06'--North 49º15']. |
| 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 and removed from a copy of De L'Isle's "Atlas de Geographie."
Source(s):
David Rumsey Cartography Associates. "David Rumsey Collection: Carte Pays Bas Catholiques, dressee sur un grand nombre de cartes." Accessed 20 Mar 2009.
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Catalog Record. Accessed 20 Mar 2009.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
(Tooley 395; Moreland and Bannister, 131 |
| Language | French |
| Location Depicted | Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Belgium--Maps--Early works to 1800.; Luxembourg--Maps--Early works to 1800.; ; Netherlands-Maps-Early works to 1800. |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP028 |
| 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. G6010 1702 L5 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 47 x 62 cm. |
| Condition | Has binder's guard. Some browning around edges. Three small brown stains, one in Picardie, one in Duché de Juliers and one in Lorraine Allemande. |
| 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~8~1~2867~290054:Carte-des-Pays-Bas-Catholiques,-dre . The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. |
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