Insula Ceilon Olim Taprobana, Carte De L'Isle De Ceylan Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. De L'Academia Royale De Sciences Par Le Sr. De L'Isle

Method Copper engraved with original hand colour
Artist de l'Isle, Guillaume
Published A Amsterdam Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier Geographes ave Privil. c. 1730
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Notes From the 'Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties su Monde, ou sont exactement remarquees les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques, &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Geographe de sa Majeste.'

Guillaume de l'Isle (1625 - 1726) was one of the finest cartographers of the eighteenth-century. He is widely regarded as the father of scientific mapmaking, and was the first to utilise the practices of triangulation and mensuration in the production of his works.
Framing unmounted
Price £600.00
Stock ID 29365

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