Chovin, Jacques Anthony Chovin
Jacques Anthony Chovin (1720 - 1776) was a Swiss-French engraver active in the mid to late 18th century. Chovin was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is unlcear where he was trained, but Chovin was an engraver of exceptional skill. He is best known for the dramatic engraving the 1744 edition of Mathieu Mérian's Der Basler Totentanz ('The Basel Dance of Death'). He engraved several maps for the swiss geographer Samuel Engel (1702 - 1784). He often signed his works 'I. A. Chovin.'
A Map of Many Firsts.
Carte du la Partie Septentrionale et Occidentale de l'Amerique d'apres les relations les plus recentes dresses en 1764 par M.
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This is an extremely scarce, influential, and often misunderstood map of North America published in 1765 by Samuel Engel. Engel composed this map to address and reconcile conflicting speculations regarding the American West and North Pacific - specifically the Buache-Delisle / Müller-Bering controversy. He compiled it from primary-source material, ranging from Lahonton's fictional expedition to the factual account of the American Indian voyager Moncacht-Apé. The latter led to Engel's mapping of the Columbia River - the first such map to do so based on actual observation. Although obscure today, Engel's work was well received when published. Thus, it provided source material for some of the most significant maps of the latter 18th century. (more details)