Mappe-Monde ou Carte Universelle
Subject
World map
Date
1702
Mapmaker
Fer, N[icolas] de; C[harles] Inselin, engraver
Publisher
Fer, N[icolas] de
Place of Publication
Paris
Accession Number
2458.002
Alternate number
Cusachs Collection
Condition
Fair. Foxing, browning, acidification. Surface dirt, water stains. Needs conservation
Curatorial Notes
Outline color. Label from 1982 exhibition: As one of the royal cartographers de Fer was commissioned in 1701 to produce an atlas commemorating the ascent of a grandson of Louis XIV to the Spanish throne as Philip V. In the world map in this atlas de Fer shows the territory o Spain outlined in red and in doing so gives the Guld coast to the Spanish empire when in actual fact Louis XIV was already establishing French colonies in the area.
Exhibition History
Dec 1982-1984: map exhibition in Presbytere.
Notes
From de Fer's 1701 "Cartes et Descriptions Generales et Particulieres Pour l'Intelligence Des Affaires du Temps, au Sujet de la Succession de la Courounne d'Espagne."
Media Type
bound in book
Size
9 x 13 1/2
Storage
c02d07