WORLD MAPEMONDE, PLANISPHERE OU CARTE GENERALE DU MONDE

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RARE.An unusual double hemisphere map of the world showing a north-east and north-west passage, California as an island stretching up to Alaska and a reasonable attempt at Australia. The only City named is Pequin with the Great Wall to its north

Scarce.

code : M2274

Cartographer : LA FEUILLE Daniel

Date : 1709

Size : 13*21.5cms

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Daniel de La Feuille (1640 - 1709) was born of Huguenot stock in Sedan , France. There he was apprenticed as a watchmaker. In 1663 he married Charlette Marlet, the daughter of a local carpenter. Twenty years later, in 1683, facing religious prosecution of Huguenots in France, the family fled to Amsterdam. By 1686 Daniel had become a burgher (citizen) of the city and established himself as a engraver, publisher, and art dealer. Not long after, in 1691, he was admitted into the Booksellers Guild. Though we are primarily concerned with his cartographic work here, his masterpiece is considered to be Devises et emblems, a collection of symbols and designs mostly likely intended as templates for silversmiths, engravers, and watchmakers. His cartographic work includes numerous individual maps and atlases, many of which continued to be published and republished well after his death in 1709. He was succeeded by his sons Jacob de la Feuille (1668 - 1719) and Paul de La Feuille (1688 - 1727)