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| Description | Map of Asia |
| Back | Blank |
| Cartographer | Guillaume Delisle |
| Publisher | Philiipe Buache |
| Language | French |
| Publication Place | Paris |
| Publication Date | 1772 (1745 Reviewed and corrected) |
| Map Dimensions | 25 x 19.5 inches |
| Color | Hand Colored |
| Source |
Guillaume Delisle is one of the founders of modern cartography, which
means that he collected geographical information in a constant
scientific way. On his 27th he was chosen to be a member of the
Academy of Science giving his work general recognition. He taught
Louis XV geology whom appointed him 'premier geographe du roi', and
was in contact with Peter the Great, tsar of Russia.
The geographer Philiipe Buache was taught by Delisle, whose daughter
he married. He became his father in laws successor at the Academy of
Science.
In bottom margin at left Buache P.G.d.R.d.l'A.R.d.S.Gendre de
l'Auteur.Avcc Privilege du 30 Av 1745 Carte D'Asie Phil Buache
Copper engravings according to the newest observations and
calculations of that time, with a high level of detail.
Reviewed and corrected in 1772 In Paris, on the Quai de l'Horloge Avcc Privilege
100 dpi Digital scans of 17th-19th Century Maps with Ceylon in the Collection of
Mr Percival Upajiva Ratnatunga (1911-2003), Survey General of Ceylon 1967-68.
The original Maps were purchased by him in Post World War II, London