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Les Isles Antilles.

Cartographer:

SANSON, Nicolas

Title:

Les Isles Antilles.

Stock Code:

5798

Method:

Copper engraving

Publisher:

Amsterdam: Francois Halma

Colouring:

Original colour with gold highlights

Atlas:

Nicolas Bion: L’Usage des Globes

Size: (W x H):

31cm x 20cm

12 inches x 8 inches

Date:

1700

Price:

£320

Handsome map of the Carribean Islands. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French mathematical and scientific instrument maker.

Fine condition. Mounted size: 47 x 38.5cm.

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