Africa based on Delisle:   AFRIQUE divisee en ses principaux Empires et Royaumes Par Robert de Vaugondy Geographe A Paris Chez Delamarche Geographe Rue du Jardinet No 13 Quartier St Andre des Arcs.

Original copperplate engraved map
Original outline color to map
500 x 670 mm
Map # AF-555
$ 300

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A large title cartouche is at the upper right.  A mileage scale is at the bottom left.  Along the right side of the map is a detailed listing of placenames of Africa.  There is no text on the verso.  This finely engraved map was the work of Delahaye, whose imprint appears on earlier states of this map.

Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) succeeded his uncle, Pierre Moulart Sanson, in the map and atlas business, and thus was able to have access to the accumulated records of the Sansons.  Vaugondy along with his son, Didier Robert (1723-86), published an Atlas Portatif in 1748 and an Atlas Universel in 1757 with subsequent editions.  This map appeared in those atlases.  This map went through at least 8 states.  Most of the changes relate to changes within the title cartouche as to publication location and publisher (This map was published by Delamarche, who succeeded Fortin, who succeeded Vaugondy).

References:   Not in Norwich.  Tooley, R.V. Collectors' Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa. London: Carta Press, 1969, p. 93-94.

Fine Condition overall with one water(?)stain along the right side away from the map image.  Margins for this quite large map are likely as issued for the atlas.