1787 Map of Caribbean No.2 Carte Réduite des débouquements de St. Domingue, RARE

Description

1787
,
Carte réduite des débouquements de St. Domingue
Map #2
Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine
Extremely rare to find a hand coloured map from this edition.  The map itself is extremely rare in this superb condition.
Please see condition description for details.
Size: 36 3/4" x 25 1/4"
Matted, attached by hinge at top, very well done and ready for framing.  Matte is 42 1/8" x 29 1/2"
Condition:
Fold down center as expected from previous binding (Map was originally bound in a book).  Wear along crease. Small amount or rubbing, wear to left side by "23 - 30" mark on left, 1/2" total. (2) minor 1/4" marks of wear near crease at top of map, again rubbing most likely related to previous binding, approx 2 1/2" down from top of map. One small 1/8" mark approx. 5" from the right of center.  Some imprints of words from opposite page embossed on map as expected.  I only noted two small foxing spots, could be more did not use a loop.  (see pictures)
A very nice original. Coloured, copper engraving. Superb map from Le Pilote de L'Isle de Saint-Domingue et des debouquemens de cette isle the atlas resulting from Puy ségur's official coastal survey of the island of Hispaniola carried out for the French government. Just ten years later as a result of the Revolutionary Wars France came into possession of the whole island. A double-page sea-chart with rhumb lines, showing the points of departure from, and open sea-ways of, the northern coastline of Santo Domingo, featuring the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Lower Bahamas, eastern parts of Cuba and Jamaica, and the western end of Puerto Rico. A very nice example of an intriguing and attractive chart.
From
the Atlas...
"LE PILOTE DE L'ISLE DE SAINT-DOMINGUE ET DES DEBOUQUEMENS DE CETTE ISLE"
by Antoine-Hyacinthe de Chastenet de
Puységur
This Atlas is rare and beautifully produced atlas recording the results of an official French coastal survey of the island of Hispaniola, with seven maps and plates. Only three copies of this rare marine atlas are recorded as having sold at auction in the past thirty years. The text starts with an explanation of the methods that the Comte de Puységur used during the survey, as well as his acknowledgment of the help given by various individuals (the coastal profiles, for instance, were drawn up from drawings by M. Ozanne, "Ingénieur-constructeur de la Marine"). This introductory text is followed by detailed notes on the observations made of the positions of the various locations used as a base for the construction of the maps, and by notes on the available anchorages around the island. The text finishes with "Détails du mouvement" of marine chronometers number "28" and letter "A" that were used during the survey. The maps and plates are as follow: 1) "Carte réduite de l'Isle de St.Domingue . d'après les observations faites sur la Corvette Vautour en 1784 et 1785." A double-page map of Santo Domingo with four integral coastal profiles at the top. 2) "Carte réduite des débouquements de St.Domingue . d'après les observations faites sur la Corvette Vautour en 1784 et 1785." A double-page sea-chart of the Turks and Caicos Islands and part of the northern coastline of Santo Domingo. 3) "Plan de la Baye de l'Acul; Baye de Dame-Marie; Le Port François; Plan du Môle St. Nicolas; Baye des Irois." One page with charts of five anchorages on the coast of Hispaniola. 4) "L'Anse a Chouchou; Le Port Paix; Mouillage de Jean- Rabel; La Baye Moustique; Baye de Tiburon; Baye des Gonayves; La Baye du Fond de la Grange; Port a l'Écu; rade de la Basse-Terre." One page with charts of nine anchorages on the coast of Hispaniola. 5) Coastal profiles of seventeen locations on a single page. 6) Coastal profiles of nineteen locations on a single page 7) "Carte De La Gonave dressée sur les opérations géométriques faites en 1787 . par M. de Lieudé de Sepmanville." A double-page sea chart of Gonave Island and the Port Au Prince Bay area. The accompanying text volume gives details for navigating the coasts of the island. Rare, with only seven copies of the atlas and fewer than twenty copies of the accompanying text located in OCLC.
Up for Auction is Map #2 of from this atlas, details below for this very rare hand coloured work.
Map title :
No. 2: Carte réduite des débouquements de St. Domingue
Place of Publication :
Paris
Publisher :
de l'Imprimerie royale
Publication date :
1787
Map size height :
25 1/4"
Map size width :
36 3/4"
Item description :
Engraved and hand coloured map
Geographical description :
Map of the islands north of Saint Domingue, present-day Haiti. Also includes the eastern part of Cuba.
Source author :
France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine
Source title :
Le pilote de l'isle de Saint-Domingue et des débouquemens de cette isle, comprenant une carte de l'isle de Saint-Domingue et une carte des débouquemens, depuis la Caye d'Argent jusqu'à la partie ouest du placet des isles Lucayes. Publié par ordre du Roi
Source place :
A Paris :de l'Imprimerie royale, M. DCCLXXXVII. [1787]
Cartobibliographic notes :
Author is identified as M. de Chastenet-Puységur in the "Extrait des registres de l'Académie de Marine" printed at the foot of p. 18. Includes the seal of the Dépôt de la Marine.
References :
Sabin 62864, Phillips 2716, Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 7521
Geographic Area :
Caribbean
Historical notes :
Published after the surveys made by the comte de Chastenet-Puységur from observations made on the corvette Le Vautour.
Normalized date :
1787
Creator :
Puységur, Antoine-Hyacinthe-An ne de Chastenet de
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