(Text Page) Remarques sur la Carte Du Golfe Saint Laurent, Isle de Terre-Neuve, Partie de la Cote de Labrador - en deux Feuilles (continued).
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~284144~90056652 2024-05-12T08:11:54+00:00 (Text Page) Remarques sur la Carte Du Golfe Saint Laurent, Isle de Terre-Neuve, Partie de la Cote de Labrador - en deux Feuilles (continued). L'Hydrographie Francoise Recueil des Cartes Generales et Particulieres qui ont ete Faites pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roy. Par ordre des Ministres de la Marine depuis 1737. jusqu'en 1765. Par le S. Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine et du Depost des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la Marine, Censeur Royal, de l'Academie de Marine et de la Societe Royale de Londres. Premiere Partie Contenant Les Cartes Marines pour l'Europe et l'Asie. Seconde Partie Contenant Les Cartes Marines pour l’Afrique et l’Amérique. A Paris chez M. Bellin, rue du Doyennen pres St. Louis du Louvre. Text: Remarques sur la Carte Du Golfe Saint Laurent, Isle de Terre-Neuve, Cote de Labrador (continued). Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Depot de la Marine 1754 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 59 88 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~284144~90056652 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/162/12059085.jpg unknown Chez M. Bellin Paris 12059.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~284144~90056652 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/162/12059085.jpg 12059.085 Chart Atlas Text Page 1754 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-04-12T14:31:11Z From J.F. Letenneur: "Exceptional onboard document of this rare and fabulous maritime atlas, a masterpiece by the greatest French hydrographer of the 18th century, with maps of all the coastlines known at the time. Bound with the coat of arms of the King of France, the atlas was taken by the English aboard the frigate la Nymphe, off the coasts of Ushant August 10, 1780, during one of the naval battles of the American War of Independence which took place on European waters. In the context of the war at the end of the 18th century, and of the rivalry between the French and British Navy, maritime atlases, were strategic tools, and this “Hydrographie Françoise” more so than any other, because its purpose was to provide the best maritime charts for the French ships that were fighting on the American side against the British. (The handwritten captions throughout most of the atlas are prices for individual maps and all include the same mention: “for sailors”). These atlases were not the kind to be kept in a library, but precious tools, based on the observations of the travelers and continuously improved upon, as reflect in the present copy. It was bound with the engraved title page of the edition of 1737-1765, but the index includes maps printed after 1765 (until 1772), and the copy was augmented by six maps that do not appear in the index (until 1776), as well as 14 pages of text from the Versailles edition of 1773. The later maps are signed by Verdun de la Crenne and were done during the campaigns of the Flore (1771-1772) and of the Isis led by Fleurieu in 1768-1769. The captions explain that the maps were created using the latest technology of the day that could measure longitude (maritime clocks)." (Continued in the Pub Note field). Two volumes. Relief shown in hachures or sketches. In French. Title page has date 1765, used here as Pub Date and for the few undated sheets. Newest map sheet dated 1776. More from J.F. Letenneur: "The atlas was aboard the Nymphe, until then a French frigate, that cruised the English ... Text Terre-Neuve David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Françoise ENVELOPE(70.250,70.250,-49.350,-49.350) St. Louis ENVELOPE(-67.496,-67.496,-67.132,-67.132) |
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From J.F. Letenneur: "Exceptional onboard document of this rare and fabulous maritime atlas, a masterpiece by the greatest French hydrographer of the 18th century, with maps of all the coastlines known at the time. Bound with the coat of arms of the King of France, the atlas was taken by the English aboard the frigate la Nymphe, off the coasts of Ushant August 10, 1780, during one of the naval battles of the American War of Independence which took place on European waters. In the context of the war at the end of the 18th century, and of the rivalry between the French and British Navy, maritime atlases, were strategic tools, and this “Hydrographie Françoise” more so than any other, because its purpose was to provide the best maritime charts for the French ships that were fighting on the American side against the British. (The handwritten captions throughout most of the atlas are prices for individual maps and all include the same mention: “for sailors”). These atlases were not the kind to be kept in a library, but precious tools, based on the observations of the travelers and continuously improved upon, as reflect in the present copy. It was bound with the engraved title page of the edition of 1737-1765, but the index includes maps printed after 1765 (until 1772), and the copy was augmented by six maps that do not appear in the index (until 1776), as well as 14 pages of text from the Versailles edition of 1773. The later maps are signed by Verdun de la Crenne and were done during the campaigns of the Flore (1771-1772) and of the Isis led by Fleurieu in 1768-1769. The captions explain that the maps were created using the latest technology of the day that could measure longitude (maritime clocks)." (Continued in the Pub Note field). Two volumes. Relief shown in hachures or sketches. In French. Title page has date 1765, used here as Pub Date and for the few undated sheets. Newest map sheet dated 1776. More from J.F. Letenneur: "The atlas was aboard the Nymphe, until then a French frigate, that cruised the English ... |
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