Old antique map of Southern Africa - Australia by P. Duval. 1679
Pierre Duval (Abbeville, 1618 - 1683)
French geographer, nephew and pupil of Nicolas Sanson. He was encouraged by Louis XIV to move to Paris. In 1650 he became Géographe Ordinaire du Roy.
Terres Australes.
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Category: Antique maps > Africa
Old, antique map of Southern Africa, Indonesia and Australia, by P. Du Val.
Date of this map: 1679
Date on map; 1684 (= end of royal privilege).
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 40.5 x 57.5cm (15.8 x 22.4 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Original outline colour, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Pastoureau, Duval II-E, 62; cf Shirley (World), #489.
From: Cartes de geographie les plus nouvelles et les plus fideles, ... Paris, P. Du Val, 1679. (Pastoureau, Duval II E)
This is the bottom-right map of Duval's four-sheet world map. The title could be trimmed off when the four sheets were joined to form a single large map.
Pierre Duval (Abbeville, 1618 - 1683)
French geographer, nephew and pupil of Nicolas Sanson. He was encouraged by Louis XIV to move to Paris. In 1650 he became Géographe Ordinaire du Roy.