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Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
Carte Reduite pour la Navigation de Cayenne a la Martinique. (inset) Carte de l'Entree de Cayenne.
List No
12059.115
Note
From J.F. Letenneur: "Exceptional onboard document of this rare and fabulous maritime atlas, a masterpiece by the greatest French hydrographer of the 18th century, with maps of all the coastlines known at the time. Bound with the coat of arms of the King of France, the atlas was taken by the English aboard the frigate la Nymphe, off the coasts of Ushant August 10, 1780, during one of the naval battles of the American War of Independence which took place on European waters. In the context of the war at the end of the 18th century, and of the rivalry between the French and British Navy, maritime atlases, were strategic tools, and this “Hydrographie Françoise” more so than any other, because its purpose was to provide the best maritime charts for the French ships that were fighting on the American side against the British. (The handwritten captions throughout most of the atlas are prices for individual maps and all include the same mention: “for sailors”). These atlases were not the kind to be kept in a library, but precious tools, based on the observations of the travelers and continuously improved upon, as reflect in the present copy. It was bound with the engraved title page of the edition of 1737-1765, but the index includes maps printed after 1765 (until 1772), and the copy was augmented by six maps that do not appear in the index (until 1776), as well as 14 pages of text from the Versailles edition of 1773. The later maps are signed by Verdun de la Crenne and were done during the campaigns of the Flore (1771-1772) and of the Isis led by Fleurieu in 1768-1769. The captions explain that the maps were created using the latest technology of the day that could measure longitude (maritime clocks)." (Continued in the Pub Note field).
Author
Luffman, John, 1756-1846
Full Title
Cayenne. Engraved for Luffman's Select plans. Engrav'd & Publish'd Octr. 1. 1801, by J. Luffman.
List No
13189.120
Note
Hand colored plan of fortified town in French Guiana. Prime meridian is London. Includes historical text at the foot of map, and key to the important sites.
Author
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis, 1712-1790
Full Title
Cayenne. Ville Marie.
List No
15542.093
Note
Date estimated. Dimensions are sheet size.
Author
[Jefferys, Thomas, Marchais, R. de]
Full Title
Plan of the town of Cayenne and Fort St. Michael. Drawn by the Chevalier de Mareechais. T. Jefferys sculp. (1760)
List No
4796.018
Note
Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Shows named streets, buildings, fortifications, "The Kings Garden where they grow coffee trees," "drowned land with mangrove trees," etc.
Author
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Full Title
Carte de I'Iisle de Cayenne et de ses environs.
List No
6903.157
Note
Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures, and pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Shows Cayenne island and environs.
Author
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Full Title
Carte de I'Isle de Cayenne.
List No
6903.158
Note
Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures, and pictorially. Shows settlements in Cayenne island.
Author
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Full Title
Plan de la ville de Cayenne.
List No
6903.159
Note
Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures, and pictorially. Shows settlements in Cayenne island. Inlcudes list of major buildings.
Author
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Full Title
Port de Cayenne et son entree.
List No
6903.160
Note
Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures, and pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Shows settlements in port of Cayenne island.
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