Aubert, L. (sold) (J.-B.-L. Aubert, Aubert Père)
L. Aubert (J.-B.-L. Aubert, Aubert père; fl. c. 1780 - 1831) was a prolific French copperplate engraver active in Paris during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He specialized in delicate letter engraving (graveur en lettres), working for the Dépôt Général de la Marine, France's official naval hydrographic office. Aubert's calligraphic work featured prominently in some of the most historic scientific and maritime publications of the Revolutionary, Napoleonic, and Restoration periods. He was a primary letterer for the Atlas du Voyage de La Pérouse (1797), and engraved text for the charts of the Baudin expedition to Australia, including the 'Freycinet map,' the first full map of the Australian continent. Outside the Dépôt, Aubert was frequently commissioned by leading geographers and scholars, notably executing the lettering for Alexander von Humboldt's groundbreaking atlases, including those relating to Mexico and South America. His crisp typography and clean formatting helped set the aesthetic and technical standard for French naval and geographical mapping during the golden age of ocean exploration.
AKA: J.-B.-L. Aubert, Aubert Père
Red Sea and French attempts to sieze control of the India Ocean.
Carte Générale de la Mer Rouge...
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This is a c. 1799 set of three nautical maps or charts covering the Red Sea, produced by the French Dépôt Général de la Marine. At the time, the Red Sea had become a key strategic waterway due to Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the wider geopolitical struggles of the French Revolutionary Wars, prompting significant remapping. (more details)