Carte Nouvelle de Moscovie Represente la partie Septentrionale Dressée par G. de L Isle Restisié I& Augmenté par R. & I. Ottens Geogr. a Amsterdam

• Main Author: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 Ottens, R. (Reiner), 1698-1750 Ottens, J. (Josua), 1704-1765
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: French
• Published: Ottens, R. (Reiner) 1698-1750 Ottens, J. (Josua) 1704-1765 1735
• Subjects: Russia-Maps-Early works to 1800; Guillaume; Inari; Onega; White Sea
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/58

18th century Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Full color. Relief shown pictorially. Printed in cartouche in upper right corner: "Carte Nouvelle de Moscovie Represente la partie Septentrionale Dressée par G. de L'Isle Rectifié & Augmenté par R. 7 I. Ottens Geogr. a Amsterdam." Printed in a region named "Zirannie Pays Des Ziranni" in the southern forest region: "Forest longue de 160 lienes habitée par les Ziranni. Ces Peuples on tune langue particuliere et des manieres fort singulieres. Ils etoient cy devant Idolatres ils sont aujour d'hui Chretiens et Tributaires du Czar." Printed within region labeled "Viatka": "Le Chemin de Moscoú a Viatka par Castroma et Galicz est plus court que celui qui passé par Oustioug, mais il est tres incommode a cause des marais qu'il faut passer, et des Czeremisses Peuples Idolatres qui y font des Courses." Shows northeast Russia stretching from Finland to the Petzora River. Also includes the White Sea, part of Finland, Lake Inari, Lake Onega, and Lake Ladoga. Shows pictorial cities, major rivers, forests, swamps and mountain ranges. Small compass rose printed at top of map in "ocean Septentrionale" or "Mer de Moscovie." Title cartouche has a griffin above it and is surrounded by cherubs, weaponry and navigational instruments. Scale c.a. 1:3,300,000. [East 46 degrees-East 81 degrees / North 70 degrees -North 58 degrees]. 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). Source(s): 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.