1693 · Amsterdam
by MORTIER, Pierre and Alex-Hubert Jaillot
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1693. very good. Sea chart. Engraving with original hand outline color. Image measures 22.75" x 34.75". Stunning sea chart of the eastern coast of Sjaelland (Zealand) in Denmark and the western coast of Sweden. Includes Copenhagen, Amager and Helsingoer (Elsinore). A large inset shows Copenhagen. Rhumb lines throughout and three compass roses. Beautifully detailed geographic features include topography, farm land and sand bars. Published in "Le Neptune Francois" in Amsterdam. Wear along original fold, horizontal fold, minor creasing to corners. Pierre Mortier (1661-1711) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver, and printseller who worked in Amsterdam. He used advanced Dutch printing methods to produce high quality editions of contemporary French maps by cartographers such as De L'Isle, Sanson, Jaillot, de Fer and De Wit. His greatest feat was the nautical atlas "Le Neptune Francois" or "Suite de Neptune Francois", considered to contain the most beautiful examples of cartographic art. This chart is a beautiful example of one of those charts. (Inventory #: 219705)