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Carte De La Grece Dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires anciens et nouveaux, Sur ceux de Mrs. Wheler et Tournefort, Sur les Observations Astronomiques de Mr. Vernon du P. Feuillée Minime etc.
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| Title | Carte De La Grece Dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires anciens et nouveaux, Sur ceux de Mrs. Wheler et Tournefort, Sur les Observations Astronomiques de Mr. Vernon du P. Feuillée Minime etc. |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G6810_1707_L5.html |
| Cartographer | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1707 |
| 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, 1707. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Outline color.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in cartouche lower left corner:
"Carte De La Grece Dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires anciens et nouveaux, Sur ceux de Mrs. Wheler et Tournefort, Sur les Observations Astronomiques de Mr. Vernon du P. Feuillée Minime etc. Par G. De L'Isle de l'Academie Rle. des Scieces A Paris Chez l'Auteur Sur le Quai de l'Horloge avec Privilege Sept. 1707."
Printed in lower left next to cartouche is a scale comparing Turkish miles, French sea leagues and common French leagues.
Written in ink in upper right corner:
"66."
Depicts Greece, part of Turkey, part of Bulgaria, Romania, Dalmatia, part of Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, part of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, part of southern Italy and part of Cypress. The title cartouche is decorated with Greek columns and ruins, winged figures, a man in a turban and a ship with oars.
Prime Meridian: Isle of Ferro.
Scale c.a. 1:2, 500, 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 map was published in de L'Isle's "Atlas de Géographie" (Phillips, 272, entry 533).
Source(s):
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Phillips, Philip Lee. "List of Geographical Atlases." Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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| Language | French |
| Location Depicted | Europe, Southern
Greece
Turkey
Romania
Macedonia
Albania
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Greece--Maps--Early works to 1800. |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP154 |
| 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. G6810 1707 L5 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 46 x 65 cm. |
| Condition | Some browning around the edges especially top edge. 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~8~1~2894~300026:Carte-de-la-Grece--Dressee-sur-un-g |
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