ASIA L'ASIE REUEUE ET AUGMENTEE
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Rare.Based on Sansons map.Extends to Terre De Iesso in the Northeast and Papua New Guinea in the Southeast. Fascinating group of islands south of the Moluques. Interesting projection of Japan. Formosa is named. A nice example of this scarce 17th Century map of Asia.Original colour.Mint condition.
code : M1828
Cartographer : DU VAL Pierre
Date : 1676 Paris
Size : 41*53cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
Pierre Du Val (1619-1683) was one of the most influential and prolific mapmakers and publishers working in Paris in the third quarter of the seventeenth century. He was the nephew of Nicolas Sanson, the leading French mapmaker of the period, and Geographer to the King of France from 1650. He was also responsible for providing maps for other Parisian editors of the period; Jollain, de Fer and Berey amongst others.