Florida

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Copper Engraving, uncolored by Du Val, Petri, published 1678-85 by Johann Hoffmann & Christoph Gerhard, Nürnberg. Image size: 124 by 98mm (5 by 3 inches). Pierre Duval (1619–1683) was a French cartographer and geographer, nephew and successor to the great Nicolas Sanson. Appointed Ordinary Geographer to the King of France, Du Val produced numerous small-format maps of the world's regions that appeared in French geographical works of the 1660s–1680s. His map of Florida (c.1678–1685) is among the earliest French cartographic treatments of the territory and reflects the French interest in the Gulf Coast region during the era of La Salle's explorations. This antique map of Florida was published in 1678-85 by Johann Hoffmann & Christoph Gerhard, Nürnberg (124 by 98mm (5 by 3 inches).). It is printed as a copper engraving, uncolored. The map documents the region with careful attention to rivers, settlements, roads, and political boundaries, reflecting the geographical knowledge available at the time of publication and offering an invaluable primary source for historians and collectors of North American antique cartography. In excellent condition. [124 by 98mm (5 by 3 inches).].

Du Val, Petri – Florida · Antique Map, Copper Engraving · 124 x 98mm · Johann Hoffmann & Christoph Gerhard, Nürnberg 1678-85