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Description: Reis rondom de weereldt, gedaen op bevel des konings von Frankrijk, in de jaren 1766 tot 1769. Author: Le Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Publisher: Dordrecht: A. Blusse en Zoon, 1772.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'A. van Krevelt' after an anonymous artist. Abram van Krevelt (1732-1784) was a Dutch engraver of maps and characters, active in Amsterdam.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Kaert der Malouinsche Eilanden door de Engelsen genoemd de Eilanden Falkland. ' - This plate shows the map of Malouinsche Islands named by the British Falkland Islands. The map covers the East Falkland in some detail and the eastern parts of West Falkland. The western parts of West Falkland are ghosted in or not addressed at all - evidence of only tenuous exploration. The map identifies the Isles Scbaldes and a French settlement on Baye Francoise (East Island). Three 'B's near modern day Whale Bay most likely represent early British settlements or at least natural harbors used by British navigators for shelter and provisioning. The cartography for this chart was mostly likely based upon the discoveries of the French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's, in whose 1771 narrative an earlier version of this cartography appeared. Bougainville established Port St. Louis, the first recorded settlement in the Falkland Islands - identified here with a small cross. The French knew of these islands from about the 1720s when ships out of St. Malo provisioned here before sailing around Cape Horn and into the Pacific. It is from 'Malo' that the French name of the Falklands, Malouines, is derived. The modern day Spanish name, Malvinas, is a translation of the original French name.
Condition: Very good, given age. Orginal folds as issued. Margins cropped close to the plate mark. Small stain in middle of print and in left top corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 38.1 x 25.1 cm. The image size is ca. 34.2 x 22.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15 x 9.9 inch. The image size is ca. 13.5 x 8.9 inch.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: A156-38
SKU: TPC 54866.1
Section: BOUGAINVILLE
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