Mappemonde à l'usage de l'instr[ucti]on / par Guillaume Delisle et Philippe Buache, premiers géographes ... et de l'Académie des Sciences ; revue et augmentée des n[ouvel]les découvertes par Dezauche en 1790.

Author
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
French
Published/​Created
A Paris : Chez Dezauche géographe, successeur des Srs. De Lisle et Phil. Buache, 1792.
Description
  • (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 32 cm. in diam., on sheet 45 x 66 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.42 D Alcove 13, Drawer 15 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • "Avertissement: On a ajouté à cette mappemonde les nouvelles découvertes faites par le Capitaine Cook dans ses trois differens voyages ... "
    • Double hemispherical map of the world, showing routes of early explorers. Relief shown pictorially.
    • Dezauche acquired in 1780 the work of Guillaume de L'Isle and his son-in-law Philippe Buache, which he re-edited and republished. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.
    References
    Tooley vol. 1, p. 367
    OCLC
    60599187
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