DESCRIPTION: Antique nautical chart of the Seine River with numerous soundings for the navigational channel. Villages include Guerbaville, Bliquetuit, Caudebec, Villequier, Aizier, Vieux Port, St. Aubin, Berville sur-mer, St. Opportune, Bouquelon, Conteville, St. Nicolas de-la-Taille, La Cerlangue, St. Vigor, Fiquetfleur, Tancarville, Rogerville, Gonfreville, St. Sauveire, Fatouville, and Honfleur.
Lower quarter of the nautical chart is dedicated to extensive remarks and a tide table. Numerous soundings and windmills are noted (moulin). Circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine. Number 949. Price 2 francs.The Depot de la Marine was established in 1720 under the French Ministry of the Navy to collect, preserve, and publish nautical charts, sailing directions, and maritime intelligence for the French naval service. Its purpose was both archival and practical: to centralize geographic knowledge gathered from voyages, surveys, and colonial administration, and to convert that information into standardized charts for navigation. Over the eighteenth century the Depot became the principal hydrographic authority of France, issuing engraved sea charts that incorporated data from naval expeditions, colonial outposts, and scientific voyages.
Following the French Revolution, the institution was reorganized and its chart production expanded, particularly during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as global maritime competition intensified. The Depot de la Marine supervised official surveys, revised earlier charts, and maintained copperplates for continued reissue as coastal knowledge improved. In 1886 it was formally reorganized as the Service hydrographique de la Marine, the predecessor of today’s French hydrographic office. Charts bearing the Depot imprint remain important records of French naval activity, colonial expansion, and the technical development of European hydrography.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1841
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: France
BODY OF WATER: Seine River
CONDITION: Very good
Single vertical fold. A few small light stains. On heavy wove paper.
COLORING: None .
ENGRAVER: C.E. Collins
SIZE: 23
" x
34 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0
PRICE: $375
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