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[Wind Rose].

Cartographer:

SANSON, Nicolas

Engraver:

A. de Winter

Title:

[Wind Rose].

Stock Code:

5859

Method:

Copper engraving

Publisher:

Amsterdam: Francois Halma

Colouring:

Original colour

Atlas:

Nicolas Bion: L’Usage des Globes

Size: (W x H):

12.5cm x 17.5cm

5 inches x 7 inches

Date:

1700

Price:

£175

Large compass rose showing the 32 wind directions. 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: 29.5 x 36cm.

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