Title of the map:


"PLAN DE TRIPOLY EN BARBARIE"


Large antique copper engraved plan of Tripoli in Libya, by Nicolas DE FER, 1705, XVIIIe century



Nicolas De FER (1646-1720) is one of the famous geographe of XVIIIe century. His earliest wellknown map of the canal de Languedoc, realised in 1669. 
In 1697, he published his first world atlas. 
In 1695, De Fer, with several other notable French mapmakers, became founding contributors to the French Bureau of Maps and Plans. 
This bureau, created to deal with the technical and strategic problems of overseas commerce and exploration, was part of the Royal Academy of Sciences’s Ministry of the Navy and Colonies. 




Size with margins : 37 x 28 cm / 14,5 x 11 inches

Condition : very good condition, in colors

Edition : Paris, edited by the author, 1705, XVIIIe Century.






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