Tardieu, Jean Baptiste (sold)
Jean Baptiste Tardieu (1768 - December 24, 1837) was a French cartographic engraver of the large Paris-based Tardieu family. The Tardieu family was extremely prolific, with numerous members, for over 200 years, being skilled and active engravers. Most of the Tardieu engravers simply identified themselves as 'Tardieu' or at best with their initials, so it is often extremely difficult to distinguish their individual work. Along with fellow engraver Louis Tardieu (1765 - 1793), Jean Baptiste was the son of the engraver Pierre Joseph Tardieu (1724 – 1793) and Henriette Larchange (1735 – 17??), Pierre Joseph's second wife. From Pierre Joseph's first wife, Anne Catherine Labdouche (1725 – 1758), he also had a half-sister, Rosalie Tardieu (c. 1750 – 1756), and four half-brothers, all also engravers: Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu (1746 – 1816), Jean Claude Tardieu (1746 – 1828), Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (1756 – 1844), and Antoine-François Tardieu (1757 – 1822).
One of the earliest European maps to Illustrate the Califorina Gold Region.
Carte Générale du Théâtre de la Guérre dans les États-Unis de L'Amérique avec une Carte du Mexique pour suivre les Opérations Militaires.
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A fascinating Mexican-American War era map of the United States by Jean Baptiste Tardieu. The map covers the United States from Atlantic to Pacific including Texas and the new territory acquired by the United States during the Mexican American War (1846 – 1848), the discoveries of Lewis and Clark, American claims in British Columbia, and the California Gold Discovery. Inset submaps detail Mexico, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. The map is a bizarre amalgam of up-to-date details, cartographic speculation, outright myths, and political positioning. (more details)