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1874 Tardieu Map of North America

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1874 Tardieu Map of North America

AmeriqueSeptentrionale-tardieu-1874


Title


Amerique Septentrionale.
  1874 (undated)     15.5 x 17.5 in (39.37 x 44.45 cm)     1 : 26500000

Description


This is a finely detailed 1874 map of the North America by Ambroise Tardieu. This map covers the entire continent from the Arctic Circle to the northern part of South America inclusive of the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, the United States, Canada and Alaska. In addition to standard political and physical data this map offers a vast wealth of cartographic information including cities, rivers, mountains, some offshore details and much more. The map is color coded according to regional and political boundaries; however state lines are not shown.

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.

References


Rumsey 4697.028 (1863 edition).