COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bröuckner, Isaak, 1686-1762.
Date:
1749
Short Title:
Composite Map: Nos. I=XII
Publisher:
Academie Royale des Sciences
Publisher Location:
Berlin
Type:
Composite Map
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
208
Obj Width cm:
138
Scale 1:
9,300,000
Note:
Composite map of sheets 1-12: Nouvel Atlas De Marine. 1749.
Reference:
Phillips, Atlases, 4146; Shirley, British Library, M.BROU-1a
World Area:
World
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
Subject:
Exploration
Subject:
Navigation
Full Title:
(Composite Map) Nouvel Atlas De Marine... Par Isaac Brouckner ... Approuve par l’ academie Royale des Sciences a Berlin l’ Annee 1749.
List No:
13388.015
Page No:
No. I-XII
Series No:
15
Engraver or Printer:
Schmettau, Samuel
Publication Author:
Bröuckner, Isaak, 1686-1762.
Pub Date:
1749
Pub Title:
Nouvel Atlas De Marine Compose d'une Carte Generale, et de XII Cartes Particulieres, qui Representent Le Globe Terrestre jusqu'au 82.e Degre du Cote du Nord, et jusqu'au 60.e du Cote du Sud : Le tout Dresse sur les Observations les plus Nouvelles et les plus approuvees : Dedie Son Excellence M.gr Le Comte De Schmettau ... par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Isaac Brouckner Geographe de S.M.T.C. et Correspondant de l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris. Approuve par l’ academie Royale des Sciences a Berlin l’ Annee 1749.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, Atlases, 4146; Shirley, British Library, M.BROU-1a
Pub Note:
The First Prussian Sea Atlas. 1 map on 12 double page sheets. Copperplate outline hand colored map of the World on Mercator’s projection, accompanied by key map. Title of atlas on map III. Published in Berlin in 1749 with the approval of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. Each map laid in loosely in folder, with a small ink stamp of crowned eagle in lower right corner, identified as a Prussian revenue stamp. The atlas includes 7 pages of descriptive text. Map no. [1]: Carte generale du globe terrestre, engraved by N.F. Sauerbrey. Maps showing political boundaries, major cities, rivers, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. The atlas was prepared by the Swiss cartographer, Isaac Brouckner, under the auspices of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and under the direction of Field Marshal Count Samuel von Schmettau, to whom it was dedicated. The information based on previously unpublished data which Count von Schmettau placed at Brouckner's disposal. This work is one of the first to show a cartographic reference to Bering's second voyage. From the Warren Heckrott collections.
Pub List No:
13388.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
14
Pub Height cm:
48
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
13388015.jp2
Authors:
Bröuckner, Isaak, 1686-1762.
Link To Source
Composite Map: Nos. I=XII
