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Mappe-Monde Geo Spherique ou Nouvelle Carte Ideale Du Globe Terrestre Pour servir d'Introduction a la Geographie, L'Hydrographie, et a la Sphere Armillaire . . . 1760.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

MappeMonde-vezou-1760
$2,500.00
Title
Mappe-Monde Geo Spherique ou Nouvelle Carte Ideale Du Globe Terrestre Pour servir d Introduction a la Geographie, L Hydrographie, et a la Sphere Armillaire . . . 1760.
1760 (undated)
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This is a rare separate issue c. 1760 Louis Claude de Vézoue (Vezou) and Jean Lattré map of the world in hemispheres. This striking map combines the principles of geography with 18th century popular astronomical sciences, and was intended as a pedagogical introduction to both. The map is informationally dense, replete with data and annotations explaining winds, currents, weather patterns, astronomy, and geography. The map proper surrounded by diagrams illustrating the four theories on the universe, solar and lunar eclipses, and the horizons. Surmounting the map is an effigy of French King Louis XV, to whom the map is dedicated. ....

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Plan du Promontoire de la Ville et du Port de Gibraltar avec les Ouvrages Faits Depuis le Dernier Siege et les Lignes Construites par Ordre de Sa Majesté très Catholique, pour Empescher la Communication de Gibraltar avec l'Espagne.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Gibraltar-lattre-1762
$950.00
Title
Plan du Promontoire de la Ville et du Port de Gibraltar avec les Ouvrages Faits Depuis le Dernier Siege et les Lignes Construites par Ordre de Sa MajesteÌ treÌs Catholique, pour Empescher la Communication de Gibraltar avec l Espagne.
1762 (undated)
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Description
This is a scarce, separately-issued c. 1770 Jean LattrÃ© map of the town, port and peninsula of Gibraltar. This eastern-oriented map is richly detailed, showing the remarkable and forbidding topography of the peninsula and its fortifications. The map shows the positions held by the Spanish and the British during their long stalemate following the 1727 Spanish siege of Gibraltar. LattrÃ© appears to have produced this map as a separate issue near the end of the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763), coinciding with Spain s entrance to that conflict. Although the war ended without any action at Gibraltar, it would have been consid ....

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