Beautiful Antique Map of Madagascar, The Comoros Islands & Reunion Island, 1667

Reference
BG-07143
Date
1667
Region
Africa
Category
Antique Map
Sheet size
57.5 x 45.7 cm (22.6 x 18.0 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 910

Antique map titled 'Isle d'Auphine, communement Nommée par les Europeens Madagascar, et St. Laurens, et par les Habitans du pays Madecase'.

Beautiful map of Madagascar, perhaps the finest and most up to date of its time, utilized by contemporary explorers. This map also depicts the Comoros Islands in the North West and the Reunion Island in the South East. With decorative title cartouche representing some natives, a compass rose and a vessel in the Indian Ocean.

Artists and engravers: Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716) was a French print dealer and Publisher. Guillaume Sanson (1633-1703) was a French cartographer and geographer at the court of the king of France, son of Nicolas Sanson.

Where this sits in the catalogue

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