Antique map-MEDITERRANEAN-COAST-EGYPT-TURKEY-Depot de la Marine-Collin-1829

Engraving on laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 92.5 x 63 cm. The image size is ca. 87.3 x 58 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 36.4 x 24.8 inch. The image size is ca. 34.4 x 22.8 inch.

Antique map, titled: ”Carte Reduite de la Partie Orientale de la Mediterranee […].” – A sea chart of the Mediterranean coast, east of Crete. This includes Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and southern Turkey. Published by the Depot de la Marine. These type of charts are scarse as they were actually used at sea for navigation.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘C.E. Collin’ after ‘Gauttier’. Captain Gauttier with the aid of mr. Benoist. 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: Fair, given age. Loosely attached to (modern cardstock) carrier, will ship w/o carrier. Lower edge dampstained, and another dampstain in the top right corner. Some stains in the lower margin and lower edge of the sheet. Left edge of the sheet browned. Some paper loss in the left margin and lower left margin corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-MEDITERRANEAN-COAST-EGYPT-TURKEY-DEPOT DE LA MARINE-COLLIN

(PCO) ZH-410