Antique map-SEA CHART-KATTEGAT-DENMARK-SWEDEN-Depot de la Marine-1813

Engraving on wove paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 63.5 x 90.2 cm. The image size is ca. 58.2 x 84.3 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 25 x 35.5 inch. The image size is ca. 22.9 x 33.2 inch.

Antique map, titled: ”Carte Reduite du Cattegat […].” – A chart of the Kattegat, the strait between Denmark and Sweden. The area shown spans from Copenhagen in the far south to Gotherburg in the north. Islands and sand banks are shown, with depth soundings along the coast. Some geographical features inland are depicted, and coastal towns. Published by the Depot de la Marine, 1813. These type of charts are scarse as they were actually used at sea for navigation.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘E. Collin’ after ‘Depot de la Marine’. Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine (1720 – present), often called the Depot de Marine, was a French hydrographic mapping organization founded in 1720. Much like the U.S. Coast Survey, the British Admiralty, and the Spanish Deposito Hydrografico, the Depot was initiated as a storehouse and distribution center of existing nautical and marine charts. Eventually the Depot initiated its on mapping activities in an attempt to improve and expand upon existing material. Some of the well known hydrograhers / cartographers in the development of Depot were Jacques Nicholas Bellin and Rigobert Bonne.

Condition: Good, given age. Loosely attached to (modern cardstock) carrier, will ship w/o carrier. Horizontal brown bands over the image area. Lower margin quite browned. Some stains in the left margin and left edge of the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-SEA CHART-KATTEGAT-DENMARK-SWEDEN-DEPOT DE LA MARINE

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