Great Lakes and the course of the Mississippi, by Zacharias Châtelain. 1619
The Châtelain Family
Zacharias Châtelain (1684-1743) was a bookseller and publisher of Amsterdam. He was succeeded by his sons Zacharias jr and Henry Abraham. The Châtelain family was best known for the historical atlas Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction à l’histoire…, a major work of its time. It was an encyclopaedia in seven volumes, including geography as one of its main subjects. The atlas was published in Amsterdam in seven volumes in various editions with different imprints from 1705 to 1739. An anonym person (Mr. C***) compiled the work with compositions of text, maps, plates and chronological and genealogical tables by Gueudeville, except volume 7, where H.P. Limiers took over this task. The maps were made mainly after the work of Guillaume de l'Isle.
The 1705 edition was published with the imprint “L’Honoré & Châtelain”. Later editions had the imprint: “les Frères Châtelain Libraires” or “L’Honoré & Châtelain Libraires”.
Carte Particuliere du Fleuve Saint Louis Dressee sur les Lieux avec les Noms des Sauvages du Pais,
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Category: Antique maps > America > North America
Old, antique map of the Great Lakes and the course of the Mississippi, by Zacharias Châtelain.
Title: Carte Particuliere du Fleuve Saint Louis Dressee sur les Lieux avec les Noms des Sauvages du Pais,
des marchandises qu'on y porte &c qu'on en reçoit & des animaux, insectes pissons, iseaux, arbres & fruits des parties septentrio: & meridion: de ce païs.
Date of the first edition: 1619.
Date of this map: 1619.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Map size: 370 x 460mm (14.57 x 18.11 inches).
Sheet size: 440 x 500mm (17.32 x 19.69 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Hand coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Châtelain Z. Atlas Historique, ou Nouvelle Introduction A l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne; ... Tome VI. Qui comprend l'Afrique & l'Amerique Septentrionale & Meridionale, ... A Amsterdam, Chez L'Honoré & Châtelain Libraires, M.DCC.XIX. (1719).
Joint: Carte qui contient la manière dont se fait la chasse des boeufs sauvages et des elans, le grand saut de la Rivière de Niagara, ...
The Châtelain Family
Zacharias Châtelain (1684-1743) was a bookseller and publisher of Amsterdam. He was succeeded by his sons Zacharias jr and Henry Abraham. The Châtelain family was best known for the historical atlas Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction à l’histoire…, a major work of its time. It was an encyclopaedia in seven volumes, including geography as one of its main subjects. The atlas was published in Amsterdam in seven volumes in various editions with different imprints from 1705 to 1739. An anonym person (Mr. C***) compiled the work with compositions of text, maps, plates and chronological and genealogical tables by Gueudeville, except volume 7, where H.P. Limiers took over this task. The maps were made mainly after the work of Guillaume de l'Isle.
The 1705 edition was published with the imprint “L’Honoré & Châtelain”. Later editions had the imprint: “les Frères Châtelain Libraires” or “L’Honoré & Châtelain Libraires”.
