TURKS-CAICOS-BAHAMAS,- CARTE REDUITE DES DEBOUQUEMENTS DE St. DOMINGUE. . .

Lot #: 85062

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TURKS-CAICOS-BAHAMAS,- CARTE REDUITE DES DEBOUQUEMENTS DE St. DOMINGUE. . .

Maker:		LE DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE / Chastenet-Puisegur.
Date:		Paris, 1787
Colored:		Colored.
Size:		573 x 910 mm / 22.6 x 35.8 inches
Condition:		In closed to mint condition. A few small tears in margins professionally restored - though barely visible now.

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A rare, extra-large, double-page sea chart with rhumb lines, of the northern coastline of Santo Domingo, featuring the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Lower Bahamas, eastern parts of Cuba.
A very nice example of an intriguing and attractive chart, published by the French Depot de Marine in 1787, after a survey taken in 1784/5, by the Count Chastenet-Puisegur, commander of the corvette 'Vautour'.
The Dépôt de la Marine, known more formally as the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine, was the central charting institution of France. The centralization of hydrography in France began in earnest when Jean-Baptiste Colbert became First Minister of France in 1661. Under his watch, the first Royal School of Hydrography began operating, as did the first survey of France’s coasts (1670-1689).
In 1680, Colbert consolidated various collections of charts and memoirs into a single assemblage, forming the core of sources for what would become the Dépôt. The Dépôt itself began as the central deposit of charts for the French Navy. In 1720, the Navy consolidated its collection with those government materials covering the colonies, creating a single large repository of navigation.
By 1737, the Dépôt was creating its own original charts, and, from 1750, they participated in scientific expeditions to determine the accurate calculation of longitude. In 1773, the Dépôt received a monopoly over the composition, production, and distribution of navigational materials, solidifying their place as the main producer of geographic knowledge in France.
Dépôt approved charts were distributed to official warehouses in port cities and sold by authorized merchants. The charts were of the highest quality, as many of France’s premier mapmakers worked at the Dépôt in the eighteenth century, including Philippe Bauche, Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Rigobert Bonne, Jean Nicolas Buache, and Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré.

The Dépôt continued to operate until 1886, when it became the Naval Hydrographic Service. In 1971, it changed names again, this time to the Naval and Oceanographic Service (SHOM). Although its name has changed, its purpose is largely the same, to provide high-quality cartographic and scientific information to the France’s Navy and merchant marine.

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