ST DOMINGUE SANTO DOMINGO 1715 NICOLAS DE FER UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP 18TH CENTURY

Description

Title of the map:
"L'ISLE St DOMINGUE ESPAGNOLE Découverte en 1492 par les Espagnols, Dressée sur les Mémoires de deffunt Mr de Cussy qui commandoit dans la partie de l'Isle que les François possedent. Par N. de FER 1715"
"A PARIS Chez I.F. Benard Gendre de N. de Fer geographe de sa Majeste Catholique Quay de l'Horloge du Palais a la Sphere Royale"
Unusual antique copper engraved map of Santo Domingo and Haiti, in Caribbean
, by Nicolas DE FER, dated 1715, 18th century.
With an historic title.
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 25,7 cm / 14,5 x 9,8 inches
Condition :
very
good condition, in colors.
Edition :
Paris, dated 1715, 18th century
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