1719 Chatelain Map and View of Mexico City, Mexico
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Description, Situation & Vue de la Ville de Mexique, des Deux Lacs sur lesquels elle est Batie, du Grand Temple de cette Ville, des Sacrifice d'Homme qu'on y Faisoit, de l'Idole des Mexicains, de Leurs Jeus Divertis semens, Coutumes, Superstitions & Atures Usages Pratiques Parmi Eux.
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Cartographer
Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He lived consecutively in Paris, St. Martins, London (c. 1710), The Hague (c. 1721) and Amsterdam (c. 1728). He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie and his brother, also Zacharie. Further Details...
Source
Chatelain, A. H., Atlas Historique, (Amsterdam: L'Honoré & Châtelain), vol 4, 1719.
Condition
Very good. Orignal centerfold. Wide clean margins.
References
Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 548, v.6, no.28.