Carte qui contient une description des iles & terres que les Anglois possedent dans l'Amerique Septentrionale : et en particulier de la Jamaique, des iles Barbades . Tom. VI. No. 26. Pag. 100. (to accompany) Atlas Historique . Tome VI. A Amsterdam, chez L'Honore & Chatelain Libraires. M DCC XIX (1719).

7 engraved maps on 1 sheet, Including: Carte de la Jamaique, with inset: Partie de la Mer de Sud. Ile des Barbades. Nouvelle Angreterre et Nouvel. York. Barmudes. Nouvelle Carte de la Caroline. Nouvelle carte de la Pensylvanie. Maryland, Virginie et Nouvelle Jarsey. Partie de l'Amerique Septent...

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Main Authors: Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas
Format: Map
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Published: L'Honore & Chatelai 1719
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Summary:7 engraved maps on 1 sheet, Including: Carte de la Jamaique, with inset: Partie de la Mer de Sud. Ile des Barbades. Nouvelle Angreterre et Nouvel. York. Barmudes. Nouvelle Carte de la Caroline. Nouvelle carte de la Pensylvanie. Maryland, Virginie et Nouvelle Jarsey. Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale. Includes descriptive text. Relief shown pictorially. First edition of this Historical atlas of the world, with new introduction to history and chronology and updated maps, in 7 volumes, dated 1714-1720. By Henri Abraham Chatelain and descriptive text for volumes I-VI, by Nicolas Gueudeville. Include 308 maps, views and charts, some folded, some double page. Vol. 1-2, 4-5 and 7 have added illustrated title-pages. Vol. 2-3, nouvelle. edition, 1720; Vol. 2 called "Tome II, Premiere partie". Vol. 3 called "Tome II, seconde partie." Vol. 7 has title: Supplement a l’Atlas historique . avec des dissertations sur chaque sujet, par mr. H.P. Limiers . Tome VII & dernier. Volumes 1-6 covers: T. I. Grece, Romaine, Italie, France, Espagne, Provinces-Unies. T. II. Allemagne, Prusse, Hongrie, Boheme. T. III. Grande Bretagne, Irlande, Suisse, Savoye, Lorraine, Venise. T. IV. Dannemarck, Suede, Pologne, Moscovie, Turquie. T. V. Asie. T. VI. Afrique. Volumes are bound in brown leather covers with gold-embossed on spine and title "Atlas Historique Tom ." stamped in gold. "Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose "Atlas Historique" was one of the most expansive Dutch encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part of an immense seven-volume encyclopedia. Although the main focus of the text was geography, the work also included a wealth of historical, political, and genealogical information. The text was compiled by Nicholas Gueudeville and Garillon with a supplement by H.P. de Limiers and the maps were engraved by Chatelain, primarily after maps by De L'Isle. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and ...