WEST INDIES PARTIE DE LA MER DU NORD
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Large attractive map of the West Indies.Full title . .Partie de la Mer du Nord ou se trouvant les Grandes et Petits Isles Antilles et les Isles Lucayes.Decorative rococo title cartouche.Full hand colour.Fold.Good condition.SOLD
code : M1909
Cartographer : VAUGONDY ROBERT DE Family
Date : 1757 Paris
Size : 50*63cms
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.