Antique map-SEA CHART-SAINT PIERRE-MIQUELON-COLOMBIER-Depot de la Marine-1824

Erscheinungsdatum: 1824

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Engraving on hand laid paper. on paper. Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 96.5 x 65.9 cm. The image size is ca. 92.3 x 59 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 38 x 25.9 inch. The image size is ca. 36.3 x 23.2 inch.Antique map, titled: ''Plan de la Rade de l''Ile St. Pierre [â ¦].'' - A coastal chart of the islands near St. Pierre (of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland). The coast shows part of Saint-Pierre, Grand Colombier, Petit Colombier, Ile aux Marins, Ile aux Vainqueurs and Ile aux Pigeons. With detailed depth soundings and current direction. Published by the Depot de la Marine, dated 1824. The text by Besancon.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Vicq' after 'MM. Dupetit-Thouars ao.'. Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine (1720 - present), often called the Depot de Marine, was a French hydrographic mapping organization founded in 1720. Much like the U.S. Coast Survey, the British Admiralty, and the Spanish Deposito Hydrografico, the Depot was initiated as a storehouse and distribution center of existing nautical and marine charts. Eventually the Depot initiated its on mapping activities in an attempt to improve and expand upon existing material. Some of the well known hydrograhers / cartographers in the development of Depot were Jacques Nicholas Bellin and Riobert Bonne.Condition: Very good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Some offsetting where the map was folded on itself. A few soft creases in the margins, and one crease from the top right margin corner a little into the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-SEA CHART-SAINT PIERRE-MIQUELON-COLOMBIER-DEPOT DE LA MARINE(PCO) GK-199. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers IMG_0199-2

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Erscheinungsdatum: 1824