![]() Sources from the Dépôt de la Marine, the official French repository for maritime-related information, were used for their maps of Canada and South America. The Robert de Vaugondys were descended from the Nicolas Sanson family through Sanson's grandson, Pierre Moulard-Sanson from him they inherited much of Sanson's cartographic material which they combined with maps and plates acquired after Hubert Jaillot's death in 1712 to form the basis the Atlas Universel. Gilles often signed maps as "M.Robert", while Didier commonly signed his maps as "Robert de Vaugondy", or added "fils" or "filio" after his name. In some cases it is uncertain whether Gilles or Didier made a given map. Globes of a variety of sizes were made by gluing copperplate-printed gores on a plaster-finished papier-mache core, a complicated and expensive manufacturing process, employing several specialists. Gilles and Didier Robert De Vaugondy produced their maps and terrestrial globes working together as father and son. In 1760, Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV. The older material was revised with the addition of many new place names. They verified and corrected the latitude and longitude of many regional maps in the atlas with astronomical observations. To produce the atlas, the Vaugondys integrated older sources with more modern surveyed maps. In 1757, they published The Atlas Universel, one of the most important atlases of the 18th century. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786), were leading mapmakers in France during the 18th century. It includes engraved folding maps, drawn from earlier work by Mercator and Ortelius. It is based primarily on Ptolemy’s Geographia, produced around 150 AD. This three part atlas is the most celebrated work of Petrus Bertius (1565-1629). He was the author of many geographical and theological works. In 1618 became cosmographer and histographer to Louis XIII of France. Became professor of mathematics and librarian at University of Leiden. Petrus Bertius was born at Beveren, Flanders, Nov. Bertii, Theatrum geographiae veteris" on spine. Bound in leather brown covers with title "P. Hondii, 1619." Includes tables and index. Imprint from title page to the last part: "Amstelodami : Ex officina I. Imprint in the last page of atlas states: Lugduni Batavorum, Excudebat typis suis Isaacus Elzevirius, sumptibus Iudoci Hondii, anno MDCXVIII. Maps are outline hand colored with decorative title cartouche, showing geographical features, major cities and towns. Willebrord Snellius of Leiden also belonged to the contributors of this atlas. Finally, in the third part there are 14 historical maps of Europe with accompanying text, 12 of them borrowed from the Parergon maps of Ortelius, a Low Countries map of Kaerius, and an Italy map of Cluverius, both based on Ortelius. The second part contains the engravings of the Peutinger Roman World Map from the plates Ortelius used on four sheets, and an extra 9th map which was made specifically for this atlas and does not occur anywhere else. Includes 28 maps of Ptolemy, engraved by Gerhard Mercator, with an engraved portrait of Mercator for his edition of Geographia in 1578. The first part (tomus prior) includes a decorative colored title page which is filled with geographers with mapping instruments and globes at the top and bottom within an architectural surrounding. Three parts bound together in a single volume. ![]()
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