CHANNEL ISLANDS I DE JERSEY ET DE GARNSEY
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A striking antique map offering an image of the seventeenth-century Channel Islands, with a naval action taking place to the south. Designed by the French mathematician, engineer and surveyor Allain Manesson-Mallet. Originally produced for Mallet’s Description de l’Univers : Contenant les Differents Systemes du Monde German edition 1685
Good hand colour
V Good condition
code : M5294
Cartographer : Mallet Alain
Date : 1685 Frankfurt
Size : 15*10 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706) was a French cartographer and engineer.
He started his career as a soldier in the army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and an Inspector of Fortifications. He also served under the King of Portungal, before returning to France, and his appointment to the court of Louis XIV. His military engineering and mathematical background led to his position teaching mathematics at court.
His major publications were Description de L'Univers (1683) in 5 volumes, and Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre (1684) in 3 volumes.
His Description de L'Universe contains a wide variety of information, including star maps, maps of the ancient and modern world, and a synopsis of the customs, religion and government of the many nations included in his text. It has been suggested that his background as a teacher led to his being concerned with entertaining his readers. This concern manifested itself in the charming harbor scenes and rural landscapes that he included beneath his description of astronomical concepts and diagrams. Mallet himself drew most of the figures that were engraved for this book.
