Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio. Tabula conspectu.
exhibens Regionum omnium quas Alexander, Dario & Regibus Indorum
bellum illaturas peragravit, hodiernis locoru. nominib.
illustrata. In usum studiorum Christianissimi Francorum Regis
elaborata, a Guillelmo Delisle Primario Suae Majestatis
Christianissimae Geographo ac Regiae Scientiaru. Academiae
Socio. Opus posthumum editum anno MDCCXXXI. Parisiis, apud
Viduam Autoris in Ripa vulgo dicta le Quay de l'Horloge.
who: Lisle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726; Guillaume DeLisle,
Quai de l'Horloge
what: Classical; World Atlas; Atlas Map
when: 1731
where: Eastern Hemisphere; Greece; Turkey
Author: Lisle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Date:
1731
Short Title: Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio.
Publisher: Paris: Guillaume DeLisle, Quai de l'Horloge
Type: Atlas Map
Obj Height cm: 47
Obj Width cm: 83
Scale 1: 6,800,000
Note: Engraved map on two sheets in outline color. Relief
shown pictorially. Mounted together as 1 sheet. Includes note in
upper left "Montium." "Cum Privilegio Regis."
World Area: Eastern Hemisphere
Country: Greece ; Turkey
Subject: Classical
Full Title: Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio. Tabula
conspectu. exhibens Regionum omnium quas Alexander, Dario &
Regibus Indorum bellum illaturas peragravit, hodiernis locoru.
nominib. illustrata. In usum studiorum Christianissimi Francorum
Regis elaborata, a Guillelmo Delisle Primario Suae Majestatis
Christianissimae Geographo ac Regiae Scientiaru. Academiae
Socio. Opus posthumum editum anno MDCCXXXI. Parisiis, apud
Viduam Autoris in Ripa vulgo dicta le Quay de l'Horloge.
List No: 4764.077
Publication Author: Lisle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Pub Date: 1731
Pub Title: (Atlas de Geographie)
Pub Reference: cf P533, 535; Tooley, Mapping of America
p.1-28.; Martin & Martin, 14 & 19; Wheat 99; Cumming 170.
Pub Note: DeLisle is important as the first "scientific"
cartographer who incorporated the most current information on
exploration and topography into his maps. His maps of America
contain many innovations: discarding the fallacy of California
as an island, first naming of Texas, first correct delineation
of the Mississippi Valley, and first correct longitudes of
America. Lloyd Brown states that DeLisle "undertook a complete
reform of a system of geography that had been in force since the
second century, and by the time he was twenty five he had very
nearly accomplished his purpose." This copy is without title
page, as issued. This is a relatively early edition of DeLisle's
untitled atlas, published in Paris, with most of the maps having
the "Quai de l'Horloge" imprint. All of the important maps of
the Americas are present: Hemisphere Occidental, 1st issue 1724;
Carte d'Amerique, 1st issue, 2nd state 1722; L'Amerique
Septentrionale, 2nd issue 1700-1708 ; L'Amerique Meridionale,
3rd issue 1700-1708; Carte du Canada, 2nd issue 1703-1708; Carte
de la Louisiane, 1st issue, 2nd state with New Orleans 1718;
Carte du Mexique et de la Floride, 2nd issue 1703-1708; Carte de
l'Isle de Saint Dominque, 1st issue 1725; Carte des Antilles,
1st issue 1717; Carte de la Terre Ferme du Peru, du Brazil, 2nd
issue 1703-1708; and Carte du Paraguay du Chili, 2nd issue
1703-1708. Only two of the ninety four maps were issued after De
l'Isle's death in 1826: "Carte du... Senegal... Ouvrage Posthume...
Par... La Veuve Delisle 1826" and "Alexandri Magni Imperium...Opus
Posthumum...1731." Early Paris editions (ie before Buache became
publisher in 1732) of DeLisle's atlas with the full 94 maps are
scarce - the LOC has none.
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