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L'Allemagne Dressée sur les Observations de Tycho-Brahé de Kepler de Snellius sur cettes de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences &c sur Ziller et autres Auteurs anciens ou moderns
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| Title | L'Allemagne Dressée sur les Observations de Tycho-Brahé de Kepler de Snellius sur cettes de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences &c sur Ziller et autres Auteurs anciens ou moderns |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G6080_1701_L5_Allemagne.html |
| Cartographer | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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| Engraver | Liebaux, Jean Baptiste
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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." L'Isle, Guillaume de. Paris: Guillaume de L'Isle, 1735 |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Outline color.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in cartouche lower left corner:
"L'Allemagne Dressée sur les Observations de Tycho-Brahé de Kepler de Snellius sur cettes de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences &c sur Ziller et autres Auteurs anciens ou moderns. Par G. De L'Isle Geographe A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge avec Privilge. pour 20 ans. 1701. Gravée par Jean Batiste Liébaux."
Text beneath cartouche from previous imprint is visible but not legible.
Printed in upper right is a description of the areas depicted:
"Avertissement. Dans cette Carte les Cercles de l'Empire sont bornéz par des points meléz de tirets de cette maniére…..Les morceaux entouréz de ces points au milieu….
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"54."
Printed on right edge is a scale comparing common German leagues, French leagues, Hungary leagues, Swiss leagues, and leagues from various German states depicted.
Depicts Germany divided into various states or kingdoms, part of northern France, Hungary, Poland, Prussia, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Slovenia. German kingdoms shown include Westphalia, Bohemia, Moravia, Bavaria, among others. Shows rivers, cities and pictorial mountains. Also depicted is Doggers Bank and part of southern England as well as southern Sweden. Decorating the title cartouche are angels blowing trumpets, eagles holding garlands, various weapons and flags.
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| 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 predecssors" 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 map was published in de L'Isle's "Atlas de Géographie" (David Rumsey Cartography Associates).
Source(s):
David Rumsey Cartography Associates. "David Rumsey Collection: L'Allemagne, dressee sur les observations de Tycho-Brahe…" Accessed 25 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 | Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Slovenia
Poland
Hungary
Netherlands
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Denmark-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Germany-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Switzerland-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Austria-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Slovenia-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Poland-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Hungary-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 | MAP036 |
| 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. G6080 1701 L5 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 48 x 62 cm. |
| Condition | Tear along centerfold at bottom edge. Frayed along bottom edge. Browning around edges. Large brown stain in upper right. Has centerfold. 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. |
| References | David Rumsey Cartography Associates, http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2873~300005:L-Allemagne,-dressee-sur-les-observ . |
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