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BG-07143
Antique Map of Madagascar by Mariette (1667)
- Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Some tears and tape on verso. Please study image carefully.
- Date: 1667
- Overall size: 45.5 x 57.5 cm.
- Image size: 44 x 57 cm.
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Description: Antique map titled 'Isle d'Auphine, communement Nommée par les Europeens Madagascar, et St. Laurens, et par les Habitans du pays Madecase'. Beautiful map of Madagascar, perhaps the finest and most up to date of its time, utilized by contemporary explorers. This map also depicts the Comoros Islands in the North West and the Reunion Island in the South East. With decorative title cartouche representing some natives, a compass rose and a vessel in the Indian Ocean.
Artists and Engravers: Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716) was a French print dealer and Publisher. Guillaume Sanson (1633-1703) was a French cartographer and geographer at the court of the king of France, son of Nicolas Sanson.