Nicolas Sanson d’Abbeville (1600-67) was perhaps the greatest cartographer of 17th century France — a period of France’s political ascendancy in Europe and also a period in which French cartographers displaced the Dutch as Europe’s leading map makers.
As a young man, he attracted the attention of Cardinal Richelieu and, in time, became Géographe Ordinaire du Roi for Louis XIII and Louis XIV, both of whom he personally instructed in geography. Under Louis XIII, Sanson became a minister of state. Sanson has become known as the “father of French cartography,” and his influence is such that the sinusoidal projection he employed has become known as the “Sanson-Flamsteed projection,” recognizing the impact of Sanson (Flamsteed was an English astronomer royal from 1675 to his death in 1719).
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Mappe-Monde, ou Carte Generale Du Monde; Dessignee en deux plan-Hemispheres par le Sr. Sanson d’Abbeville, Geographe Ordinaire de la Majeste…1651.
- $1,650
- A seminal first! Nicholas Sanson’s double-hemisphere world map from 1651.
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- Polar - Arctic
Les deux poles arctique ou septentrional, et Antarctique ou meridional, ou description des terres arctiques et antarctiques, et des pays circomvoisins jusques aux 45 degres de latitude…1657
- $1,250
- An innovation in French cartography: Sanson's double polar projection from 1657.
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- Asia
Les Isles Philippines Molucques et de la Sonde
- $875
- Fine 1654 French map centered on the Philippines, and with Singapore.
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- California, United States
Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Floride.
- Sanson's landmark 1656 map of America with California as an island. First state, original outline color.
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- California, United States
Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride: Tirees de diverses Cartes, et Relations
- A rare first state by one of the seventeenth century’s greatest cartographers.
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- Canada and The Great Lakes, Mexico - Central & South America, North America
Amerique Septentrionale
- Gorgeous and extremely rare state of Sanson's landmark map of North America.
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- Asia
Les Isles Philippines Molucques et de la Sonde
- 1654 French map of the Philippines in original outline color
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- Arabia and the Red Sea
Carte des Trois Arabies. Tiree en Partie de l’Arabe de Nubie, en Partie de Divers autres Autheurs…
- A particularly beautiful example of Sanson's influential map of the "3 Arabias."
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Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre Representee en deux Plan-Hemispheres Revue et Changee en Plusieurs Endroits Suivant les Relations les plus Recentes
- Sanson's double hemisphere world map with Island of California.
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- California
Audience de Guadalajara nouveau Mexique, Californie. &c.
- Excellent Sanson Island of California map.
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