Bourdin, Ernest (sold)
Ernest Bourdin (18?? - 18??) was a French publisher and printer active in the middle to late 19th century. His offices were located at 51 Rue e la Seine, Paris. Bourdin was a great supporter of the Mollweide / Babinet Projection and published an atlas using the system. His earliest publications date to the 1830s, with his latest work being in the late 1860s.
The first printed example of a Babinet / Mollweide Projection?
Planisphère Babinet Physique et Politique.
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A stunning c. 1860 wall-sized map of the world on a Mollweide or Babinet Projection surrounded by elaborate allegorical imagery. Our research suggests this is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, published example of a Mollweide Projection. The map is centered on Europe and is, indeed, Eurocentric, with color coding intended to represent colonial claims around the world. Tracks at sea illustrate popular maritime routes across the Atlantic and to various points, around Africa, and to Australia, China, and the East Indies. Text at bottom center by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816 - 1889) and Hermann Berghaus (1828 - 1890), the preeminent geographers of the day, praise the usefulness and practicality of the Mollweide / Babinet projection. (more details)