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La France Dressee sur un grand nombre de Cartes particulieres manuscrites ou imprimées levees sur les lieux et conferees avec les Itineraires anciens et moderns Le tout rectifié par les Operations Geometriques et par les Observatios de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et de quelques autres Geometres ou Astronomes
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| Title | La France Dressee sur un grand nombre de Cartes particulieres manuscrites ou imprimées levees sur les lieux et conferees avec les Itineraires anciens et moderns Le tout rectifié par les Operations Geometriques et par les Observatios de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et de quelques autres Geometres ou Astronomes |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G5830_1703_L5.html |
| Cartographer | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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| Engraver | Simonneau, Charles, 1645-1728
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1703 |
| 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 lower left corner in cartouche:
"La France Dressee sur un grand nombre de Cartes particulieres manuscrites ou imprimées levees sur les lieux et conferees avec les Itineraires anciens et moderns Le tout rectifié par les Operations Geometriques et par les Observatios de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et de quelques autres Geometres ou Astronomes Par Guillaume Del'Isle Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences A Paris Chéz l'auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or avec Privilege du Roy pr. 20 ans 1703."
Printed beneath cartouche in illustration:
"Car. Simoneau uiv. et fecit."
Printed in upper right corner is a scale comparing common French leagues, marine French leagues, Parisian leagues, and leagues from Beauce, Anjou, Brittany, Poitou, Berey, Bourbonnois, Lyon, Gascogne and Provence.
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"No. 30."
Depicts France divided into its major regions as well as part of southern England, northern Spain, Westphalia, northwestern Italy, and Corsica in the Mediterranean. The English Channel is labeled as "La Manche." Shows pictorial cities, rivers and mountains. The cartouche is decorated with classical figures and an angel blowing a trumpet. |
| 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):
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 | France
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | France-Maps-Early works to 1800. |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP032 |
| 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. G5830 1703 L5 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 45 x 60 cm. |
| Condition | Some browning around edges. 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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