COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17081353
Reference Number:
AMGS B4
Series Title:
Cosmographie universelle, physique et astronomique pour I'etude de touts les ages de I'histoire
Parent Work Title:
Carte de l'ancien et du nouveau monde, suivant une projection nouvelle, pour les premieres etudes
Translated Parent Work Title:
Map of the old and the new world, according to a new projection, for the first studies
Creator:
Philippe de Prétot, Étienne-André, 1710-1787
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Creator:
Vallet, Jean-Emmanuel Jerome, 1716-
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1771
Publication Details:
Paris
Description:
World map designed in a crisp style and presented on Mercator's projection. The map is quite detailed, particularly in the oceans, with recent discoveries noted in Greenland, Canada, the South Pacific and North Pacific. In North America a huge River of the West (Fl. de l'Ouest) is the most prominent feature and the northwest coast is lacking any hint of the Alaskan peninsula. Conjectural coastlines connect Australia to both Tasmania and New Guinea, and only a partial coastline of New Zealand is shown. The composition is nicely decorated with an elaborate, French-style title cartouche and a compass rose.
Language Code:
fre-FR
Language Name:
French
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Copper engraving
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
France: Île-de-France: Paris
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Item Height:
310 mm
Item Width:
470 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Previous Site:
Manchester Geographical Society
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-08-16
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
