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Digital Image: 1661 Du Val Map(s) of Africa
Africa-duval-1661_d
Title
L'Afrique par le Sieur Du Val, Geographe Ord. du Roy.
1661 (dated) 15.5 x 19.5 in (39.37 x 49.53 cm)
1661 (dated) 15.5 x 19.5 in (39.37 x 49.53 cm)
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Cartographer S
Pierre Du Val (May 19, 1619 - September 29, 1683) was a French cartographer and publisher active in Paris during the middle part of the 17th century. He was born Abbeville, Picardie, France, where his father, also Pierre, was a merchant, consul, and alderman. His mother was Marie Sanson, sister of Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667), the leading French cartographer of his day. Du Val and probably apprenticed in Sanson's workshops. Afterwards, in Paris, he studied geography under Jean-Baptiste Gault, who later became the Bishop of Marseilles. He counseled M. Henri of Savoye, abbot of St. Sorlin, and M. Gilles Bouraut, bishop of Aire and later Evreux, in matters of science and geography. Du Val became Geographe ordinaire to Louis XIV in 1650. His first atlas, the 1654 Cartes Geographiques Methodiquement Divisees, contained few of his own maps and was mostly compiled from reissues of maps by other cartographers. His early work focused on atlases and geographical treatises, but later, he turned his attentions to large separate issue, often multi-sheet maps. After his death in 1683, his widow, Marie Desmaretz, continued his business at least until 1684, after which it passed to his daughters (either Marie-Angelique or Michelle), who published until at least 1688. He is the elder brother of Placide de Sainte Hélène (1648 - 1734), Placidium Augustinum, an Augustine monk and geographer. More by this mapmaker...
Jacques Lagniet (1620 - April 10, 1675) was a French engraver, caricaturist, publisher, and dealer in prints and maps based in Paris. He was best known for middle-market prints focusing on everyday life and lore, as well as socio-critical satire. He was most active from 1647 to 1660 from office at rue St-Martin, parish of St-Nicolas-des-Champs and later near For-l'Évêque, on the Quai de la Mégisserie. He was survived by a daughter, Françoise Perronne Lagniet, who married the engraver, Pierre Picart. Learn More...
References
OCLC 494400407. Betz, R.,The Mapping of Africa: a Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700 ('t Goy-Houten: Hes and De Graaf) 2007, #85.3.