Depot de la Marine
1745

Antique Chart of the Aegean Sea, Turkey and Greek Archipelago

Carte de l'Archipel présentée à Monseigneur le Comte de Maurepas / par le Sr Grognard, Pilote entretenu du Département de Toulon

DESCRIPTION: Scarce antique chart of the Greek Archipelago including parts of mainland Greece and Turkey. This large copperplate-engraved nautical chart of the Aegean Sea is based on surveys by French naval pilot Arnaud Grognard (1681-1751) and published by the Depot de la Marine.

Dedicated to Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux comte de Maurepas (1701-1781). Interesting signed approval by Jacques Bellin, of the French Depot de la Marine" which translates roughly to: 'I examined the chart of the archipelago presented by Sieur Grognard, a pilote of the department from Toulon, under orders of the Count de Maurepas, and I find it is acceptable for navigation…". Bellin published many charts under his own name and it is unusual to find this type of signed attribution of a chart published by the Depot.

CREATOR: Depot de la Marine

PUBLICATION DATE: 1745

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Aegean Sea

CONDITION: Very Good.  Clean on heavy wove paper with no major issues. Slight evidence of past misfold at left centerfold.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 21 " x 30 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 58

PRICE: $1400

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