1874 Tardieu Map of Algeria

Algerie-tardieu-1874
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1874 Tardieu Map of Algeria

Algerie-tardieu-1874

$75.00

Title


Algerie.
  1874 (undated)     15 x 18.5 in (38.1 x 46.99 cm)     1 : 2350000

Description


This is a fine 1874 map of Algeria by Ambroise Tardieu. It covers the French colony of Algeria on the Barbary Coast of Africa. After its conquest by the French in 1830, Algeria became an attractive destination for European immigrants. However the majority indigenous Muslim population was dissatisfied with the political system. This dissatisfaction would ultimately trigger the Algerian War and lead to Algeria's independence from France. An inset of Constantine is included in the lower left quadrant of the map. The lower right quadrant features two more insets of Oran and the Environs of Alger. This map also identifies various cities, towns, rivers and an assortment of additional topographical details. This map was prepared by Ambroise Tardieu and issued in his 1874 edition of Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne.

CartographerS


Ambroise Tardieu (March 2, 1788 - January 17, 1841) was a prominent French cartographer and engraver operating in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was member of the large and prolific Tardieu family, which, for over 200 years, produced multiple skilled and active engravers. Tardieu's work is known for its beauty and accuracy as well as for its depth of detail. Tardieu's most important work is his version of John Arrowsmith's large format map of the United States, published in 1806. Ambroise Tardieu is eclipsed in fame by his son, artist and medical scholar, August Ambroise Tardieu. Ambroise Tardieu is also frequently confused with Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu, another unrelated French map and print engraver active in the early 19th century. More by this mapmaker...


Alexandre Aimé Vuillemin (1812 - 1880) was an engraver, publisher, and editor based in Paris, France in the middle of the 19th century. Despite a prolific publishing career, much of Vuillemin's life is shrouded in mystery. In 1852, he married Josephine Caroline Goret and they had at least one child, Ernestine Adèle Vuillemin, later in the same year. What is known is that his studied under the prominent French Auguste Henri Dufour (1798 - 1865). Vuillemin's most important work his detailed, highly decorative large format Atlas Illustre de Geographie Commerciale et Industrielle. Learn More...

Source


Furne, Jouvet et Cie Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne (Paris), 1874.    

Condition


Very good. Minor wear along original centerfold. Original platemark visible. Minor spotting. Print faded.

References


Rumsey 4697.032 (1863 edition).