[Atlas Vallard].

Format:

Map/Atlas

Contributor:

Vallard, Nicolas, chartmarker of Dieppe.

M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Atlases--France--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles.

Atlases.

Nautical charts--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles.

Nautical charts.

World maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles.

World maps.

France.

Early maps--Facsimiles.

Early maps.

Genre:

Facsimiles.

Atlases.

Physical Description:

1 atlas (8 unnumbered pages, 30 unnumbered leaves) : color maps ; 42 cm

Scales differ.

paper

polychrome

Other Title:

Atlas d'ancienne cartes

[Vallard atlas]

Cartographic Data:

Scales differ.

Place of Publication:

Barcelona : M. Moleiro Editor, S.A., 2008.

Summary:

World atlas containing 15 nautical charts, tables of declinations, etc. Probably made in Dieppe, France either by a Portuguese cartographer or based on a Portuguese prototype, judging from the Portuguese influence on the geographical names. Nicolas Vallard de Dipeppe was probably the first owner. Sir Thomas Phillipps also owned the original atlas.The charts include: Terra Java [east coast of Australia?] -- La Java [north coast of Australia?, East Indies and part of Asia] -- Terra Java [west coast of Australia?] -- [Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf] -- [Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean] -- [Atlantic Ocean with the coast of Africa and Brazil] -- [Northwest Africa] -- [Europe and northern Africa] -- [North America and Canada, east coast] -- [West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America] -- [Northeastern South America] -- [Southeastern South America and Straits of Magellan] -- [Western Europe and northwestern Africa] -- [Adriatic Sea] -- [Agean Sea].

Contents:

Terra Java [east coast of Australia?]

La Java [north coast of Australia?, East Indies and part of Asia]

Terra Java [west coast of Australia?]

[Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf]

[Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean]

[Atlantic Ocean with the coast of Africa and Brazil]

[Northwest Africa]

[Europe and northern Africa]

[North America and Canada, east coast]

[West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America]

[Northeastern South America]

[Southeastern South America and Straits of Magellan]

[Western Europe and northwestern Africa]

[Adriatic Sea]

[Agean Sea]

Notes:

Title from colophon.

Issued in slipcase.

Limted edition of 987 copies.

Facsimile edition of original in the Huntingdon Library, San Marino (CA, U.S.A), under shelf mark "HM 29".

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy is "... number 842 in Arabic numerals of a first, single and unrepeatable, limited edition of 987 copies directed by Manuel Moleiro Rodríguez and published by M. Moleiro Editor, S.A."

ISBN:

9788496400450

9788496400467

OCLC:

311073259