Les Isle Phillipines/ Les Isle Ladrones.
Cartographer:
SANSON, Nicolas
Engraver:
A. de Winter.
Title:
Les Isle Phillipines/ Les Isle Ladrones.
Stock Code:
5800
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Amsterdam: Francois Halma
Colouring:
Original colour
Atlas:
Nicolas Bion: L’Usage des Globes
Size: (W x H):
24cm x 19cm
9½ inches x 7½ inches
Date:
1700
Price:
£295
Handsome two part map of these South East Asian Islands. Each part with its own cartouche. 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: 41.5 x 37
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