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Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
Carte Reduite des Passages des l'Iroise du Four et du Raz.
List No
12059.038
Note
The captain of the British ship Flora, William Peere Williams, has made notes on this chart about the battle with the French ship Nymphe: "Off the island Molene the Flora engaged the Nymphe the 10th of Augt. 1780 and captured her. His Majesty's Frigate commanded by Capt. W.P. Williams and the French Frigate la Nymphe by Capt. Du Rumain, each of 36 guns." 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
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
Carte Generale des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.031
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
1r. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.032
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
2me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.033
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
3. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.034
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
4me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.035
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
5e. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.036
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
6me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.037
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
7me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.038
Note
North down on map.
Author
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772, Depot de la Marine]
Full Title
8eme. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12066.039
Note
North down on map.
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
1re. Carte Generale des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.031
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
2me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.032
Note
North down on map.
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
4me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.034
Note
North down on map.
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
5e. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.035
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
6me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.036
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
7me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.037
Author
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
Full Title
8eme. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne.
List No
12095.038
Author
De Hooge, Romain, 1645-1708
Full Title
Carte Nouvelle des Costes de Normandie et de Bretagne depuis Havre de Grace jusques a Morlaix. (insets) Havre de Grace et le Chasteau Hable Neuf. Granvillle. Mont St. Michel. Cherbourg. Honfleur.
List No
12095.047
Author
De Hooge, Romain, 1645-1708
Full Title
Carte Nouvelle de Bretagne depuis St. Malo jusques a l'emboucheure de la Riviere de Loire. (insets) St. Malo. Conquerneau. Brest. Port Louis ou Blavet.
List No
12095.048
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