Carte nouvelle d'Asie

Description

Relief shown pictorially.
Imprint pencilled on map verso.
"Moithey Ing. del.; Gravé par Vallet."
Includes text panel: "Bornes de l'Asie", "Mesures de l'Asie", and "Division de l'Asie en général, rélativement aux points cardinaux &c."
Probably from his Atlas universal pour l'étude de la geographie et de l'histoire ancienne et moderne.
Decorative title cartouche crowned with pyramid and clouds.
Hand-colored copper engraving, printed on chain-lined paper with watermark.
Sea of Korea referred to as "Mer de Corée."

Title:

Carte nouvelle d'Asie

Record ID:

seakorea-m67

Names & Dates

Created:

1787

Creator:

Philippe de Prétot, Étienne André, 1710?-1787

Contributor:

[illustrator] Moithey, Maurille Antoine, 1732-ca. 1810
[engraver] Vallet
Philippe de Prétot, Étienne André, 1710?-1787. Atlas universal pour l'étude de la geographie et de l'histoire ancienne et moderne.
Lee, David

Publisher:

M.A. Moithey
[Paris :
[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Asia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. , Maps -- France -- 1787 , G7400 1787 .P55

Coverage:

[circa] 1720/1787

Place:

Scale not given (E10º -- E170º / N80º -- S15º).
Asia

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] David Lee Collection

Physical

Type:

maps

Format:

1 map : col. ; 26 x 33 cm., on sheet 33 x 48 cm.

Access

Rights:

Public domain

Repository:

East Asian Library, Archival Research Center, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0154
kklein@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

seakorea-m67

Source:

Sea of Korea Map Collection, map no. EAMC-65

Language:

fr