Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 45.5 x 42 cm. The image size is ca. 34 x 29.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 17.9 x 16.5 inch. The image size is ca. 13.4 x 11.6 inch.
Map 9: 'Carte qui represente .. Terres Arctiques ..'. (Maps of the Hudson Bay.) Four maps on one sheet showing Hudson Bay according to Sanson's map of 1750 and De L'Isle 1700 and 1703. One map showing track of Henri Ellis in the years 1746 and 1747. This map originates from the plate section. This old antique print originates from: 'The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres.' which was published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. It contained 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. This encyclopdia was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a means to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightment. The impact of this encyclopedia was enormous.Artists and Engravers: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are engraved by J.A.Defehrt and Bonaventure/Benoit-Louis Prevost after J.R Lucotte or Goussier. Thomas Jefferys (c.1719–1771), "Geographer to King George III", was an English cartographer who was the leading map supplier of his day.[1] He engraved and printed maps for government and other official bodies and produced a wide range of commercial maps and atlases, especially of North America.
Condition: Excellent. General age related toning. Occasional light staining. Irregular paper edges as issued.
Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-NORTH AMERICA-USA-HUDSON BAY-CANADA-LABRADOR-DIDEROT-VAUGONDY
(PCOMAN) A61-21
