DESCRIPTION: Original antique engraved nautical chart from 1718. Left half of a double-width chart of the Northwestern Mediterranean sea titled:
"Nouvelle Carte De Cotes De Catalogne, Roussillon, Languedoc, Provence, D'Italie et Partie De L'Isle De Corce dediee a Monseigneur le Chevalier d'Orleans General de Galeres de France par ses tres Humbles Serviteurs Michelot Hydrographe et Pilot de Galeres du Roy et Bremond Hydrographe du Roy et de la Ville" Dated within an elaborate title cartouche at 1718.
Inset port/ harbor plans include:
"Plan du Port de Cette en Languedoc"
"Plan du Port de Cadeques en Catalogne"
This antique nautical chart was produced ca. 1727 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" Henry Michelot.
Possibly a later impression as the chart has a small line near bottom left that appears to be the result of a cracked engraving plate. Published by Laurens Bremond from Marseilles, France.
Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond
Henri Michelot was an early eighteenth century French cartographer with a close connection to the sea. He described himself as Hydrographer and Pilot of the Galere Royale (Royal Galley), and was associated with a corps of approximately forty galleys (galeres), oared sailing vessels operating in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast. In the Mediterranean, these galleys were based primarily at the naval arsenal in Marseilles, France. They were typically rigged with triangular Mediterranean lateen sails, a configuration well suited to coastal navigation and variable winds.
Bookseller and royal hydrographer Laurent Bremond, styled “Hydrographe du Roi et de la Ville,” sold charts and maritime books from his establishment in Marseille, located near the port at the corner of Reboul Street (“au Coin de Reboul”). Bremond played a key role in the commercial distribution of nautical knowledge, supplying working mariners as well as official and institutional clients.
The collaborative output of Michelot and Bremond, produced roughly between 1715 and 1730, included an atlas of sixteen small-scale charts, a port book containing thirty-seven large-scale charts, and a Mediterranean coast pilot titled Portulan de la Mer Mediterranee, ou Guide des Pilotes Cotiers. Issued in multiple languages and published in editions extending at least to 1805, this body of work became a primary source of navigational information for the Mediterranean for many decades. The charts of Michelot and Bremond were highly influential and were frequently copied by later chartmakers, including Kitchin and Roux.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1718
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: France
BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean
CONDITION: Good.
Left margin is very short. Right half of this double-folio map is missing. Small scrape with loss at center.
COLORING: Contemporary outline color.
ENGRAVER: P. Starckman
SIZE: 26
" x
18 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 58
PRICE: $1500
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