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'.
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'.
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