JAMAICA CARIBBEAN 1704 NICOLAS DE FER UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP 18TH CENTURY

Description

Title of the map:
"L'ISLE DE LA JAMAIQUE Divisée par Paroisses Dressée sur les Memoires Anglois par le Sr de FER Geographe de sa Majesté Catolique a Paris chez l'Auteur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale"
Unusual antique copper engraved map of Jamaica, in Caribbean
, by Nicolas DE FER, 1704, 18th century.
In left side, in the sea, the Gulf of Honduras.
De Fer has created this map when he was in service of the King of France Louis XIV.
Nicolas De FER (1646-1720) is one of the famous geographe of XVIIIe century. His earliest wellknown map of the canal de Languedoc, realised in 1669.
In 1697, he published his first world atlas.
In 1695, De Fer, with several other notable French mapmakers, became founding contributors to the French Bureau of Maps and Plans.
This bureau, created to deal with the technical and strategic problems of overseas commerce and exploration, was part of the Royal Academy of Sciences’ Ministry of the Navy and Colonies.
Size with margins :
37 x 25,5 cm / 14,5 x 9,8 inches
Condition :
very
good condition, in colors.
Edition :
Paris, 1704, 18th century
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