Didier Robert de Vaugondy (ca. 1723-1786) was the son of prominent geographer Gilles Robert de Vaugondy and Didier carried on his father’s impressive work. Together, they published their best-known work, the Atlas Universel (1757). The atlas took fifteen years to create and was released in a folio and ¾ folio edition; both are rare and highly sought-after today. Together and individually, father and son were known for their exactitude and depth of research.
Like his father, Didier served as geographer to King Louis XV. He was especially recognized for his skills in globe making; for example, a pair of his globes made for the Marquise de Pompadour are today in the collection of the Municipal Museum of Chartres. Didier was also the geographer to the Duke of Lorraine. In 1773, he was appointed royal censor in charge of monitoring the information published in geography texts, navigational tracts, and travel accounts.
The Great River of the West and Lahontan's Longue River Scarce second state of De Vaugondy's map of America, pre-dating information from any of the Cook Voyages. The Northwest Coast of America is shown wildly distorted to the west, with a number of...
Scarce third state of De Vaugondy's map of America, updated to include the details of all three of Cook's voyages. The Northwest Coast of America is still mapped with part information and part conjecture. The Spanish contacts with the region are...
Rare separately issued map of America, published in Venice by C.F. Delamarche. Delamarche is best known as having continued the business of the De Vaugondy family. This map, with its Venice imprint, is very unusual. The map notes that it includes...
Rare late state of De Vaugondy's map of America, updated to include the details of all three of Cook's voyages. The Northwest Coast of America has again been heavily revised to include the discoveries up to 1800, with the earliest hint of the course...
Interesting map of the world, published shortly after the third Voyage of Captain James Cook. Cook's route around the world on his third and final voyage is shown, including a note showing where Cook was killed by native Hawaiians in 1779.
An Early Colonial Map of India Detailed map of India with inset map of the mouth of the river Ganges, detailing the States of India, Colonial holdings of the British and other European powers and the major roads through India. The map identifies...
Decorative map of the Holy Land, published in Paris by Delamarche. The map includes large insets of Ancient and Modern Jerusalem and the Holy Land at the time of the domination by the Turks. Large striking cartouche.
Finely engraved set of celestial and solar system models, published by Delamarche in London. Includes smaller illustrations and explanation of the planets, eclipses and other celestial phenomenon.
