1787 delamarche (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Very good. Original linen backing. Folds into tooled royal blue leather slipcase with gilt decoration and titling. Size 40 x 41 Inches. A spectacularly presented c. 1787 Charles-François Delamarche / Robert de Vaugondy map of Asia. The beautifully presented map is laid down on unusual patterned linen and set into a fine royal blue slipcase with gold gilt tooling. A Closer Look Coverage embraces all of Asia, from the eastern Mediterranean and the Levant to Japan and from the Arctic Circle to Java. Much of the cartography is based on the work of J. B. B. D'Anville, for example, the distinctive square shape of Korea. Hokkaido (Jedso Gasima) is here correctly mapped as an island but incorrectly attached to a very tenuous mapping of the lower forks of Sakhalin. We see an informed mapping of the Kuril Islands, reflecting the explorations of Vitus Bering and Aleksei Chirikov (Tchirikow), but note that the cartographer was not yet ready to give up on 17th-century notions of 'Terre de la Compagnie' and 'Terre de Gama', both of which are mapped without eastern coastlines. Far to the north, land sighted by Chirikov in 1741, likely an Aleutian Island, is noted. In Southeast Asia, the cartographer has made a valiant attempt to address the complex river systems and political boundaries. It somewhat correctly breaks out Ava (Burma/Myanmar), Pegu (Burma/Myanmar), Siam (Thailand), Laos, Cambodia, Tonquin (North Vietnam), and Cochinchina (South Vietnam). It also identifies 'Petit Laos', a former tribal kingdom in what is today northwest Vietnam, bordering China. Singapore Strait is named. In Arabia, the cartographer assigns much of the western Persian Gulf to the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrein). It also identifies a neighboring island, Samak, a misunderstanding of the peninsula of Qatar. Other named cities along the Gulf are El Caty (El Catif), Cathema (Ras al-Kahaimah), Mascalat, Calba, Raz Ollima, Mekehoan, and Julphar (Gioloflar). Publication History and Census According to Mary Pedley (#376), this map was originally engraved by J. Arrivet for publication by Didier Robert de Vaugondy in 1758, per Library of Congress cataloging. She catalogs four states; this is the fourth, the Charles-François Delamarche edition, published c. 1786-87. It dates to, or slightly post-dates 1787, when Delamarche acquired the Robert de Vaugondy map plates and rights, but must predate the French Revolution (1789 - 1799). There is a state 5 (c. 1792), in which all references to the 'Roi' were excised. Scarce to the market. References: Pedley, Mary Sponberg, Bel et Utile: The Work of the Robert de Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers, #376, state 4. Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE C-80.

Hardcover. Very good. Original linen backing. Folds into tooled royal blue leather slipcase with gilt decoration and titling. Size 40 x 48 Inches. A spectacularly presented c. 1787 Charles-François Delamarche / Robert de Vaugondy map of America. The map reflects the ephemeral political comportment of North America shortly after the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783). In South America, it illustrates the complex balance of territories, missions, and indigenous cultures that, within a decade, would give way to an extended period of conflict, wars of liberation, and civil strife. The beautifully presented map is laid down on unusual patterned linen and set into a fine royal blue slipcase with gold gilt tooling. A Closer Look The United States, not labeled as such, extends westward to the Mississippi. Florida and Louisiana are Spanish, reflecting Florida's Second Spanish Period (1784 - 1821) and Spanish Louisiana (1762 - 1801). The remainder of North America is divided between a conventionally mapped Mexico, including the Santa Fe Missions, and a vast blank region named 'Quivira et Teguaio', reflecting assumed indigenous kingdoms dating to the reports of Coronado and De Soto. Despite the eastern part of the continent being updated to conform with the most recent political situation, the west remains largely unchanged from early Vaugondy editions, reflecting none of Cook's voyages. Delamarche does note the 'Entrée de Martin d'Aguilar', likely the Columbia River, first sighted in 1693. South America is well-mapped but confounding, suggesting complex political messaging. The 'Amazone' is separated from Brazil, but that nation is here granted full control of the coast as far south as, and including, Montevideo (Uruguay). Vaugondy was one of the few cartographers to adopt the term Uruguay to refer to the Banda Oriental. The term, originating from the local Guaraní term Urugua'i , meaning 'river of painted birds' or 'river of snails', had long applied to the Uruguay River, which feeds into the Rio de la Plata and acts as the border between modern-day Uruguay and Argentina. During the Spanish Colonial period, the term was used as an alternate colloquial name for the Banda Oriental (Banda Oriental del Río Uruguay), the lands east of the Uruguay River, which served as a buffer zone between La Plata and Portuguese Brazil. Uruguay rarely appeared as a territory on any pre-19th century map, but depicting it as such was an inexplicable convention on most R. de Vaugondy maps as early as the 1760s. In Guyana, the cartographer does away with Lake Parima, the supposed site of El Dorado as identified by Sir Walter Raleigh, replacing it with Lake Cassipa and eliminating all references to Manoa or El Dorado. Further south, Xarayes, another potential site for El Dorado, is mapped as the source of the Paraguay River. Publication History and Census According to Mary Pedley (#20), this map was originally engraved by J. Arrivet and published by Didier Robert de Vaugondy in 1760. She catalogs three states, up to 1778, but does not address any of the subsequent Charles-François Delamarche editions. We believe the current example, bearing the Delamarche imprint, to be state 4. It must post-date 1787, when Delamarche acquired the Robert de Vaugondy map plates and rights, but predate the French Revolution (1789 - 1799), due to references to the King in the title, which were excised from later issues. There is a more common subsequent 5th state in which all references to the 'Roi' are removed and Delamarce is identified as 'Citizen'. We see multiple examples of the 1792 5th state in institutional collections and in market history. All earlier states, including this one, are very scarce. We can find no digitized examples or sale records for this or any of the first 3 Pedley states. References: c.f. Library of Congress, G3290 178-.R6. Pedley, Mary Sponberg, Bel et Utile: The Work of the Robert de Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers, #20.