Carte d’Amérique dressée pour l’usage du Roy
Carte d’Amérique dressée pour l’usage du Roy
DE L'ISLE, Guillaume

Carte d’Amérique dressée pour l’usage du Roy

Paris
1722
Size : 49,5 x 61 cm
Color : Contemporary colors
Condition : Bon
Reference : 35-36-3
$1,085

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Guillaume Delisle's map of America in second state.

Guillaume Delisle (de l'Isle) (1675-1726), is one of the greatest figures of French cartography. He was the eldest son of the historian and geographer Claude Delisle, and in 1702 he entered the Académie des Sciences to study with the astronomer Jean-Dominique Cassini. He taught geography to the young Louis XV and was the first to receive the title of Premier Géographe du Roi in 1718.

One of Delisle's main contributions was to make a transition from the decorative maps of the Dutch school to a more scientific approach. In order to provide the most accurate and precise cartography possible, Delisle carefully gathered all available information from the oldest to the most recent to produce his maps. He would constantly update them during his lifetime to reflect new discoveries. Thus his maps give an accurate overview of the state of geographical knowledge at the time. Another major contribution of Delisle was to gather and incorporate this latitudinal and longitudinal information into his maps, setting a new standard of accuracy, which was quickly followed by many of his contemporaries. He is the originator of modern cartography. Tooley - The mapping of America, 50.

DE L'ISLE, Guillaume

Guillaume Delisle (de l'Isle) (1675-1726), is one of the greatest figures of French cartography. The eldest son and pupil of the historian and geographer Claude Delisle, he entered the Academy of Sciences in 1702 to study with the astronomer Jean-Dominique Cassini. He taught geography to the young Louis XV and was the first to receive the title of Premier Géographe du Roi in 1718. Delisle is considered to be at the origin of modern cartography. One of Delisle's main contributions was to make a transition from the decorative maps of the Dutch school to a more scientific approach. He removed the ornamental elements and based his cartography on all available information. Throughout his life he constantly updated his collection of over 100 maps to reflect new discoveries. Thus, his maps give a precise overview of the state of geographic knowledge at the time. Delisle’s was the first to correct the longitudes of America, to discard the well-established fallacy of California as an island, to delineate the Mississippi Valley correctly and to introduce many new name places.