Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes / Extrait d'ue Carte Japonoise de L'Univers
Paris: Academie des Sciences, 1772.
Map. Engraving. Image measures 12.25" x 15.5".
This fascinating sheet contains two maps-- a French map of Western discoveries in Russia and the Northwest Passage area, and a Japanese map of the same area, taken from Japan by German explorer Englebert Kaempfer. Both maps contain notes on discoveries and speculations, islands, land masses, and bodies of water. This map offers an interesting comparison between Eastern and Western perspectives and achievement in cartography, and on the first mapping of Russia and the Northwest Passage. This was published as a supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie. In very good condition wiith some scattered light foxing.
Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) was an important French mapmaker during the 18th century. His "Atlas Universel" was one of the most significant atlases of the period, integrating older sources with more modern surveyed maps in order to convey correct geographical and political information.
Philippe Buache (1700--1773) was a French geographer who trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle. This map of Lake Geneva is a fine example of his work. Language: French
Price: $250.00
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