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1828 Tardieu Map of Siantan Island, Anambas Islands Regency, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
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Title
Plan du Port Clermont-Tonnerre Situé à la Partie Nord-Est des Iles Anambas.
1828 (dated) 20.75 x 18.25 in (52.705 x 46.355 cm) 1 : 11600
1828 (dated) 20.75 x 18.25 in (52.705 x 46.355 cm) 1 : 11600
Description
This is an 1828 Ambroise Tardieu map of the northeastern part of Siantan Island in the Anambas Islands Regency, part of the Riau Archipelago in Indonesia. Bougainville's expedition marks the first European reconnaissance of the Anambas Islands.
A Closer Look
Part of the northeastern portion of Siantan Island occupies the left half of the sheet, with the 'Port Clermont-Tonnerre' acting as a strait between Siantan and the 'Ile Bougainville' (Bajau Island). Depth soundings are noted, and the conditions of the ocean floor are included. A bay on the Ile Bougainville is labeled 'anse du carénage' (bay of anchorage), suggesting that the expedition anchored here and not along the coast of Siantan.The Voyage Around the World by Hyacinthe de Bougainville
Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Florentin de Bougainville (December 26, 1781 - October 18, 1846) was a French admiral and the son of the famous navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville who successfully completed the first French circumnavigation. The younger Bougainville began his circumnavigation from Brest, France, when he left on March 2, 1824, and returned to Brest on June 23, 1826. Bougainville commanded the frigate Thétis and the corvette Espérance. The French government gave Bougainville secret orders to scout British strongholds throughout the Pacific. The voyage made numerous stops over the 27-month voyage, calling at Pondicherry, Manila, Macau, Singapore, Surabaya, Madura, Port Jackson (Sydney), Hobart, Valparaiso, and Rio de Janeiro. This expedition was the first European expedition to explore and map the Anambas Islands, and it was among the first French expeditions to visit Singapore.The Anambas Islands
The Anambas Islands (officially the Anambas Islands Regency) is a small archipelago in Indonesia. The archipelago is situated in the North Natuna Sea to the east of Malaysia and west of Borneo. Today, it is administratively a regency of the Riau Islands Province and is home to just over 47,000 people, according to the 2020 Census.Publication History and Census
This map was engraved by Ambroise Tardieu after work done by Edmond Bigot de la Touanne during Bougainville's voyage with the lettering engraved by J. P. Besançon. It was published in 1837 in the atlas that accompanied Bougainville's Journal de la Navigations Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance Pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826. We note a single cataloged example of the separate map at the National Library of Australia.CartographerS
Ambroise Tardieu (March 2, 1788 - January 17, 1841) was a prominent French cartographer and engraver operating in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was member of the large and prolific Tardieu family, which, for over 200 years, produced multiple skilled and active engravers. Tardieu's work is known for its beauty and accuracy as well as for its depth of detail. Tardieu's most important work is his version of John Arrowsmith's large format map of the United States, published in 1806. Ambroise Tardieu is eclipsed in fame by his son, artist and medical scholar, August Ambroise Tardieu. Ambroise Tardieu is also frequently confused with Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu, another unrelated French map and print engraver active in the early 19th century. More by this mapmaker...
J.P. Besançon (fl. c. 1798 - 1835) was a French engraver who specialized in lettering. Besançon began engraving nautical charts for Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (August 6, 1766 - March 16, 1854) in 1802. He engraved eighty-three maps for Beautemps-Beaupré, then the hydrographer in chief, between 1802 and 1831, when he handed off the work to J.M. Hacq. Little else is known about Besançon's life and career. Learn More...
Edmond Bigot de la Touanne (May 3, 1796 - October 27, 1863) was a French topographical artist and naval officer. La Touanne served as a lieutenant on Hyacinthe de Bougainville's voyage around the world in 1824 - 1826. The French government had given Bougainville secret orders to scout the defenses of British settlements in the South Seas. Thus, while they were in Port Jackson, La Touanne, Bougainville, and other expedition members extensively explored the colony, and La Touanne created a detailed map of Port Jackson. In 1828, La Touanne published a folio of 35 lithographic views relating to the voyage entitled Album Pittoresque de la Frégate La Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance. In 1837, when Bougainville's Journal of the expedition was published, all 56 of its lithographed plates, views, and maps were done after La Touanne's work. Learn More...
Source
Bougainville, Hyacinthe de, Journal de la Navigations Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance Pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826, Atlas Volume, (Paris: Arthis Bertrand) 1837.
Condition
Very good.
References
National Library of Australia PIC Volume 584 #S11040/50. OCLC 556921929.