Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs …
Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs …
DE L'ISLE, Guillaume

Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs …

Paris
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1703-[1708+]
Size : 48,5 x 64,5 cm
Color : Coloris original
Condition : Très bon
Reference : 35-36-2
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500 x 660 mm (sheet) and 485 x 645 mm (engraving)

Copper engraved map with colored boundaries at the time. This remarkable map centered on Mexico extends from the Great Lakes in the north, to Panama and Venezuela in the south, as well as the West Indies. It includes a title in an elegant cartouche at the lower left, designed by C. Simonneau, and a scale at the upper left. The location of various Indian tribes and villages, French and English forts are indicated, but English possessions are maintained east of the Alleghenies. De l'Isle was inspired by the maps of Iberville, du Sueur, Lederer and the Daniel map of 1679. This map was copied by Homann, Seutter and Lotter in their maps of the Mexican regions.

Guillaume Delisle (de l'Isle) (1675-1726), is one of the greatest figures of French cartography. Elder 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 the originator of modern cartography. One of Delisle's major contributions was to make the 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 provide an accurate overview of the state of geographical knowledge at the time.

Delisle's map was the first to correct the longitudes of America, to remove the well-established error of California as an island, to correctly delineate the Mississippi River Valley, and to introduce many new place names. 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.