MALABAR, COROMANDEL, COTES

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Map maker: Covens et Mortier
Map maker: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675 - 1726
Date: 1742
Short Title: Malabar, Coromandel, cotes.
Publisher: Covens & Mortier
Publisher Location: Amsterdam
Map size - Height: 45 cm
Map size - Width: 56 cm
Paper size - Height: 49 cm
Paper size - Width: 60 cm

Note: Engraved map in outline color. Relief shown pictorially.

Full Title: Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel, presentee auRoy. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. A Amsterdam, Chez J. Covens et C. Mortier, Geographes. (Title in upper margin:) Orarum Malabariae, Coromandelae, &c. tabula accuratissima. (1742)
Publication Author: Covens et Mortier
Publication Author: L'Isle,Guillaume de, 1675 - 1726
Pub Date: 1742

De L'Isle is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. His maps of America contain many innovations: discarding the fallacy of California as an island, first naming of Texas, first correct delineation of the Mississippi Valley, and first correct longitudes of America. Lloyd Brown states that De L'Isle "undertook a complete reform of a system ofgeography that had been in force since the second century, and by the time he was twenty five he had very nearly accomplished his purpose."

This interesting map in French in the north extends from the northern portion of Indian to Sri Lanka and the Maldives includes in the west. It details coastal towns, internal settlements, hills, and roads. The title cartridge includes decorative architecture and vegetation with the French royal coat of arms. Two compass roses flank the subcontinent.