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Carte des nouvelles découvertes, Extrait d'une carte japonoise de l'univers Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786

Description

Two maps on one sheet. Includes text. Upper margin: "Suppl. 6e carte." Lower margin: "189 190"; "R. Spadaccini Sculp."

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Title
Carte des nouvelles découvertes, Extrait d'une carte japonoise de l'univers
Alternate Title
dressée par Phil. Buache, pr. Géogr? du Roi, présentée à l'Acad? des Sciences le 9 Aout 1752 et approuvée dans son assemblée du 6 Septembre suivant; apportée en Europe par Kaempfer et deposée dans le cabinet de feu Mr. Han-Sloane, président de la Société royale de Londres; Map of new discoveries, prepared by Phil. Buache, the King's Geographer, presented to the Academy Science August 9, 1752 and approved in its meeting on the 6th of September following; Excerpt from a Japanese map of the universe brought to Europe by Kaempfer and deposited in the cabinet of the late Mr. Han-Sloane, president of the Royal Society of London
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Contributor
Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773; Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716
Date Issued
[unknown]
Description
Two maps on one sheet. Includes text. Upper margin: "Suppl. 6e carte." Lower margin: "189 190"; "R. Spadaccini Sculp."
Extent
1 map ; 29 x 35 cm
Geographic Location
Asia ; Canada ; Arctic regions
Genre
Maps
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
French
Notes
Map also found in a supplement to Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers". Atlas map removed from source: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier. [Recueil de 10 cartes...traitant particulierement de l'Amerique du Nord et des regions arctiques, d'apres les relations les plus authentiques depuis le commencement du 17 siecle, reproduites...]. 1 p.l., 10 fold. maps. 8. Livourne, 1779.
Information found in Wagner, Henry R. Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America p.342.
Identifier
mccormick_174
Collection
Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints
Date Available
2013-04-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
AIP UUID
1b1386eb-5c52-48e0-b459-d41e2d5356e0
DOI
10.14288/1.0023202
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/