ARTIST: Didier Robert de Vaugondy
PUBLISHER: Published by Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Paris.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving with handcolored outlines,
DATE: 1752
EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 1/4 x 27 5/8" (463 x 703 mm).
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful double hemisphere world map from Robert de Vaugondy's "Atlas Universal." This map shows the voyages of Anson in 1740, l'Aigle et la Marie, 1738-9, and Galion Na. Seignora - the galleon routes to/from Acapulco - Manila, 1743. New Zealand is partially shown, and Nourvelle Hollande (Australia) contains a very strange line on its east coast labeled "Cotes conjectures." Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1686-1766) and his son Didier (1723-1786) were descended from the famous N. Sanson family of cartographers.
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CONDITION: Good condition. Faint original outline hand coloring
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