Cartographer:
SANSON, Nicolas
Engraver:
A. de Winter
Title:
Les Indes de la Sonde entre lesquelles sont Sumatra, Java Borneo, &c.
Stock Code:
5860
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Amsterdam: Francois Halma
Colouring:
Original colour
Atlas:
Nicolas Bion: L’Usage des Globes
Size: (W x H):
24.5cm x 19cm
9½ inches x 7½ inches
Date:
1700
Price:
£275
Handsome map of southern Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 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: 42 x 37cm.