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| 119 |  | Details | Rochette, Louis S. | 1780 |
| Coasts of Spain and Portugal |
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Rochette, Louis S. |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:0 |
| $0.00 | Rochette--Louis-S- | Coasts-of-Spain-and-Portugal | SOLD<br></br>
Small-scale antique nautical chart of the coasts of Spain and Portugal from Cabo Blanco along the African coast to the Bay of Gascogne. Includes the Western Mediterranean from Nice to the Strait of Gibraltar. As is typical for sea charts of that period the north coast of Africa is labeled "Barbary". Coverage of this antique chart of the western Mediterranean coast by Louis Rochette (1780) , includes the Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca, and Formentera. |
| 849 |  | Details | Rochette, Louis S. | 1783 |
| Chart of the Northern Atlantic Coast of South America |
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Rochette, Louis S. |
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| 1783 |
| LOC:51 |
| $250.00 | Rochette--Louis-S- | Chart-of-the-Northern-Atlantic-Coast-of-South-America | Antique nautical chart of the coast of South America including Venezuela, the island of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil. Four inset plans: "The Entrances of the Rivers Essequibo and Demerari", Entrance to the River Berbice", "Surinam River from the Dutch", and "Port of Cayenne from the French". From suveys conducted by Captain Edward Thompson, commander of the Hyaena
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This chart was printed in 1783 by William Faden, English cartographer and map publisher, who after the death of Thomas Jefferys suceeded Jefferys to the title of "Geographer to the King". Carries the following endorsement at bottom: "Approved by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty" which would have been a seal of approval important to both the buyers and to Faden. Faden's charts were preferred by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty, appointed beginning in 1807 to select suitable charts for the fleet.
<div class=indenttextblock>"They selected two hundred of the least unsatisfactory, half of them Admiralty charts, either already published or in course of preparation, and the remainder from the commercial publishers. An impressive 50% of the one hundred privately published charts came from William Faden who published many surveys from naval officers so probably offered more charts of areas frequented by warships…" (Fisher, Susanna. The Makers of Blueback Charts: A History of Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd. 2001. p. 11)</div>
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The chart is annotated with numerous fascinating notes and comments about the local geography and inhabitants. For example: <div class=indenttextblock> "Orinoco Islands Covered with palm trees and overflowed from the middle of January to the middle of July. They are inhabited by the Guaraunas and Tivitivas whose houses are built on piles driven in the mud or among branches of the trees".</div>
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<div class=indenttextblock> "Runaway negroes with whom peace was made in September 1761".</div> |