1710 sea chart of the English Channel including Dunkirk and Mont Saint Michel
Carte de la Manche
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Description
A large detailed sea chart of the English Channel with the coast of England from Cornwall round to Suffolk and South Wales and the coast of France from La Baie de Douarnenez to Dunkerque.
Cartographer(s):
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632 -November 3, 1712) was a French Paris geographer, cartographer, and publisher. He was active from the last quarter of the 17th century and into the beginning of the 18th century, working closely with the sons and heirs of Nicolas Sanson and serving King Louis XIV as a royal cartographer for many years.
Pierre Mortier the ElderPierre Mortier the Elder (1661-1711) was a French cartographer and publisher who, in 1690, obtained the French king’s privilege to distribute the works of French geographers – particularly Hubert Jaillot – in the Netherlands. He subsequently settled in Amsterdam and built an extensive business on reissuing French maps. His son would take over his father’s business and become the latter half of the mapmaking duo Covens & Mortier.
Condition Description
Good, heavy paper.
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