Paraguay, Chile and Magellan Land - Original Vaugondy Map - 1794-95
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Engraved by E. Dussy. Revised and corrected by Delamarche, his successor. Giles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, father and son, were famous cartographers of the 18th century, descendants of the cartographer Nicolas Sanson, from whom they inherited much of their cartographic material. In 1760, Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV. In 1757, they published their most famous work, 'Atlas Universal'. Print dimensions: 26x37.8 cm and sheet dimensions: 31.8x45 cm. Some rust stains due to the period can be seen in the photograph.
Original map of Paraguay, Chile and Magellan Land ("Paraguay, Chili, Terre Magellan."), engraved on copper with hand-coloured outlines, from the work of Robert de Vaugondy. According to the cartouche, it was revised and corrected by Lamarche, his successor, in Year III of the French Republic (1794-1795). Signed lower right by the engraver E. Dussy. It covers the southern cone of America down to Cape Horn, with the Falkland Islands ("Isles Malouines") and a note on the Pampas.
Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, father and son, were renowned eighteenth-century cartographers, descendants of the cartographer Nicolas Sanson, from whom they inherited much of their cartographic material. In 1757 they published their most famous work, the Atlas Universel, and in 1760 Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV. Their successor Delamarche later revised and corrected the plates.
Medium: Copper engraving (intaglio) on paper, with hand-coloured outlines.
Artist / after: Robert de Vaugondy; revised and corrected by Lamarche, his successor.
Engraver: E. Dussy (signed in the plate, lower right: "Gravé par E. Dussy").
Date: Year III of the French Republic (1794-1795), as stated in the cartouche.
Dimensions: Plate 10.2 x 14.9 in (26 x 37.8 cm); sheet 12.5 x 17.7 in (31.8 x 45 cm).
Condition: Light foxing in the margins and a brown stain in the lower margin next to the central fold; original central fold; old numbers in the upper margin; wide margins.
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Engraved by E. Dussy. Revised and corrected by Delamarche, his successor. Giles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, father and son, were famous cartographers of the 18th century, descendants of the cartographer Nicolas Sanson, from whom they inherited much of their cartographic material. In 1760, Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV. In 1757, they published their most famous work, 'Atlas Universal'. Print dimensions: 26x37.8 cm and sheet dimensions: 31.8x45 cm. Some rust stains due to the period can be seen in the photograph.