Delisle & Buache "Carte De L'Isle De La Martinique…"
Delisle & Buache "Carte De L'Isle De La Martinique…"
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Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726) & Philippe Buache (1700-1773).  “Carte De L'Isle De La Martinique…”

Paris: 1779.  18 x 23 (neat lines).  Engraving by Delahaye.  Original outline color.  Paper some-what time toned.  Else very good condition. 

A detailed and attractive French map of the island of Martinique after Guillaume Delisle.  Delisle was the leading French cartographer of the eighteenth century and one of the greatest of all time.  He is known as the “father of scientific cartography” for his production of maps based upon scientific principles and his role in establishing this as the standard for all cartographers.  This map is based on Delisle’s rendering of the island and updated by Philippe Buache in the mid 18th century.