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The Atlantic Ocean, by G.L. Le Rouge. 1778

Georges-Louis Le Rouge (c.1712-c.1790)

Lieutenant in the regiment of Saxe before establishing himself as a publisher, compiler, and editor of maps at the 'rue des Grands Augustins vis à vis le Panier Fleuri', Paris, c. 1740. He later became 'Ingénieur Géographe du Roi'.

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Ocean Atlantique et Mers Adjacentes en Quatre Feuilles Contenant les Cotes de l'Europe, de l'Afrique et de l'Amerique ...

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Category:  Antique maps > America > North America

Old, antique map of The Atlantic Ocean, by G.L. Le Rouge.

Title: Ocean Atlantique et Mers Adjacentes en Quatre Feuilles Contenant les Cotes de l'Europe, de l'Afrique et de l'Amerique ...

Date: 1778.

Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 960 x 1370mm (37.8 x 53.94 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Four sheets, joined as two, excellent.
Condition Rating: A.

From: Le Rouge G.L. Pilote Americain Septentrionale. Paris, 1778.

The atlas was compiled for use by the French Navy during the American Revolution. It contains about twenty-five French versions of maps published originally by William Faden and Thomas Jefferys.

Georges-Louis Le Rouge (c.1712-c.1790)

Lieutenant in the regiment of Saxe before establishing himself as a publisher, compiler, and editor of maps at the 'rue des Grands Augustins vis à vis le Panier Fleuri', Paris, c. 1740. He later became 'Ingénieur Géographe du Roi'.

References: Schwartz-Ehrenberg - p.203