Category: Antique maps > America > South AmericaOld, antique map of Southern South America by Zacharias Châtelain. Title: Carte du Paraguai, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c. Dressée sur les Mémoires les plus Nouveaux & les observations les plus exactes. Tom. VI. N°33. Pag. 135. Date of the first edition:
1719. Date of this map:
1719. Copper engraving, printed on paper. Map size: 405 x 520mm (15. 94 x 20. 47 inches). Sheet size: 440 x 545mm (17. 32 x 21. 46 inches). Verso: Blank. Condition: Excellent. Condition Rating: A+. From: Châtelain Z. Atlas Historique, ou Nouvelle Introduction A l´Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne; Tome VI. Qui comprend l´Afrique & l´Amerique Septentrionale & Meridionale, A Amsterdam, Chez L´Honoré & Châtelain Libraires, M. DCC. XIX. (1719). (Koeman II, p. 37, Cha7)This map shows the routes of Vespucci in
1502, Magellan in
1520, Sarmiento in
1589, de la Roche in
1675, and Halley in
1700. The Châtelain FamilyZacharias Châtelain (1684-1743) was a bookseller and publisher of Amsterdam. He was succeeded by his sons Zacharias jr and Henry Abraham. The Châtelain family was best known for the historical atlas Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction à l’histoire…, a major work of its time. It was an encyclopaedia in seven volumes, including geography as one of its main subjects. The atlas was published in Amsterdam in seven volumes in various editions with different imprints from
1705 to
1739. An anonym person (Mr. C***) compiled the work with compositions of text, maps, plates and chronological and genealogical tables by Gueudeville, except volume 7, where H. P. Limiers took over this task. The maps were made mainly after the work of Guillaume de l´Isle. The
1705 edition was published with the imprint “L’Honoré & Châtelain”. Later editions had the imprint: “les Frères Châtelain Libraires” or “L’Honoré & Châtelain Libraires”. References: Koeman - II, p. 38,
