Archived Record - Auction Closed!! Auction #102, closed March, 2003

Lot Number: Title: Period: Cartographer: Subject: Size: Hammer Price: Description:

37 [Set of Six] Le Globe Terrestre / L'Europe / L'Asie / L'Afrique / L'Amerique Septentrionale / L'Amerique Meridionale 1719 Jacques Chiquet World and Continents 8.5" x 6.5" Passed Charming set of small maps. The double hemisphere world and the North American map feature the Island of California. In Asia and the Pacific, Australia is incompletely mapped and still connected to New Guinea and only the western coastline of New Zealand is shown. Remnants of Terres Australes are still shown and in the Arctic there is a Northwest Passage linking Hudson's Bay with D. d'Anian. Both Africa and Asia conform to the standard French geography of the period. Each map is embellished with a decorative cartouche and the American maps are further decorated with ships and sea monsters.