NORTH AMERICA CARTE DES PARTIES NORD ET OUEST DE L'AMERIQUE
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Attractive good sized map of the whole of North America.Eurpean colonies marked on east Coast and the Spanish in South West,and the rest of the map is devoted to physical features and North American Tribes.Misplaced Rockies,Speculative Alaska.An interesting map with good hand colour.Printed on heavy paper.Very good condition.
code : M1973
Cartographer : VAUGONDY ROBERT DE Family
Date : 1772 Paris
Size : 30*38cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
The Robert de Vaugondy family responsible for map and globe publishing in Paris comprised Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) and Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786). The father (Gilles) and son (Didier) business flourished from 1731 to 1778.
Prominent at this time among French map-makers were the Robert de Vaugondy family, who made a substantial contribution to the eighteenth century world of cartography, through the breadth and success of their prolific output, which included atlases, maps, globes and book illustration.
While only a small part of their output, the "Atlas Universel" encapsulates the diligent and scientific approach adopted by the Roberts de Vaugondy, and proved to be the most successful French world atlas of the period. It appeared from c.1757 onwards.
