title: 1683 Mortier Map of North America, the West Indies, and the Atlantic Ocean Geographicus - Atlantique-mortier-1693

artist: link

date: 1693 (undated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=24 height=18.75

source: mortier, P., Le Neptune françois, ou Atlas nouveau des cartes marines...,1693. Geographicus-source

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description: This is a rare and remarkable 1693 nautical chart of the Atlantic Ocean by pierre mortier. Covers the North Atlantic from rough 5 degree south latitude to roughly 56 degrees north latitude. Includes much of North America, all of the West Indies and Caribbean, Central America, the northern parts of South America, Western Africa, Ireland, and parts of Western Spain. As a whole mortier's map presents a moderately accurate picture of the Americas. The coast lines, particularly in North America are a unnaturally craggy. Florida takes on an inverted cone aspect. The barrier islands and capes off the coast of Virginia and Carolina are noted, but inaccurately represented. The Chesapeake Bay is slightly diminished in size. The entrance to the Mississippi River is either not apparent or confused with the conjectural Rio de Spirito Sancto. This river, most likely associated with early entradas into Mobile Bay, was confused with the Mississippi on numerous older maps. Politically, mortier recognizes the French claims to Canada, the British claims to the region between New York and the St. Lawrence, Dutch claims to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, and Spanish Claims to Florida. Identifies New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Staten Island, Long Island, Cape Hatteras, Cape Look (Cape Lookout), Port Royal, St Augustine and Havana, among others. Like most maritime charts this map has very little inland detail but a high level of nautical detail. Identifies thousands of coastal destinations throughout as well as offshore shoals, reefs, and other undersea dangers. mortier additionally maps various shipping routes between Europe and the Americas. This chart was composted by pierre mortier for issue in his extraordinary 1693 nautical atlas, Le Neptune François . As a side note, this map, with its moderate age toning, distinctive rhumb lines, and tattered margins, looks exactly like the quintessential pirate's map - which given its issue at the height of the Great Age of Caribbean Piracy, it may well have been.

title: 1708 De L'Isle Map of North America (Covens and Mortier ed.) Geographicus - AmeriqueSeptentrionale-covensmortier-1708

artist: Guillaume Delisle

date: 1708 (undated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=23.5 height=19

source: mortier, P., Atlas Nouveau de diverse cartes choisies des Meilleurs Geographes comme Sanson, G. De L'Isle &c.. (Amsterdam) Chez pierre P. mortier, 1708. Geographicus-source

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description: An extraordinary map, this is Covens and mortier’s 1708 reissue of De L’Isle’s landmark 1700 mapping of North America. Covers the continent of North America from the Baffin Bay southwards as far as the Spanish Main, westwards to Cape Mendocino, and eastwards to include the Azores and the Sargasso Sea. Cartographically this map is practically identical to De L’Isle’s map though the title cartouche has been moved to the upper left quadrant and the mile scales to the upper right with a new curtain motif frame. Tooley, in his Mapping of America considers this to be a foundational map and indeed it is one of the most influential maps to emerge from the De L’Isle workshop. Some consider this map to be one of the first to revert California to a peninsular state following the insular suppositions of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. However, this may be a misreading of the map. De L’Isle leaves the northern terminus of the Gulf of California open such that, though the form of California is suggestive of a peninsular state, should exploration prove the opposite, the cartographer was covered. On the west coast of California a false bay is notated though this may simply be a double mapping of the entrance to the Gulf of California. Further north along the coast San Diego, Seyo, Cape Mendocin, and Francis Drakes Port, and the English claim of New Albion are noted. Both Mexico and New Mexico are mapped with considerable sophistication with mines, indigenous peoples, mountains and river ways, and the missions of Santa Fe, Taos, and San Antonio de Senecu (El Paso) noted. The Mississippi valley is well developed and based upon the most advanced French information available at the time. The forts of St. Louis, Bon Secours are noted, as is the settlement of d’Iberville at Bilochy. Following the Mississippi north we find the Great Lakes beautifully drawn on the Coronelli model. The French stronghold on the region is evident with forts at Tadousac, Quebec, Sorel, Montreal, and Frontenac identified. In an act of clear carto-advocacy De L’Isle confines the English colonies to the narrow strip of coastal lands east of the Alleghenies. The River and Fort of Kinibeki (Kennebec) is set as the northern border of English holdings in the region. Boston, Nantucket, Long Island, Manhattan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Jamestown, Roanoke, Charlestown, and St. Augustine, among others, are identified along the eastern seaboard. At sea there are a couple of elements of note. This is the first printed mapping of the Sargasso Sea, here identified as the “Mer de Sargasse” where “Icy flottent des herbes mais en montre quantite”. Along the Mexican and California coastline the routes of various navigators including Olivier, Cortez, Gaetan, Mendonza, and Francis Drake are delineated. Just to the east of Barbados, in the Antilles, a curious apocryphal island appears with the label “I. de Fonseca selon Quelquefuns”. This island, which is here surrounded by dangerous rocks and reefs, appears in several maps of the region as early as Hondius’ Americae Novissima Descriptio where it is identified as Y. de S. B. This island was also identified by M. Rochette with the label Galissioniere’s Rock. Other ships, including the Rainbow, claim to have seen the island as late as 1822. De L’Isle was the first to give the map a definite name, Fonseca. Even so, with so few sightings of the island it disappeared from most maps issued in the 18th century. There is some speculation that discolored water occasionally discharged by the nearby Orinoco River led to various false sightings of land. The condition of this map is of special note as it is nothing short of spectacular. The impression is so intense it is reminiscent of Coronelli’s work and the overall state of preservation is remarkable.

title: Byzondere Kaart van de Landen daar de Apostelen het Evangelium gepredikt hebben... En van den Weg van Paulus na Roma

artist: Joannes Covens. Córnelis en Pieter mortier

date: circa 1725

current location: Institution:National Library of Israel

source: [link The National Library of Israel]

credit: The National Library of Israel

title: Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans

artist: unknown

date: 1760

medium: ru 1=Карты fr 1=Cartes en 1=Maps zh 1=地图 pt 1=Mapas ar 1=خرائط es 1=Mapas

dimensions: en 1=1 hand colored engraved map; 55.6 x 50.2 centimeters

current location: ru|1=Национальная библиотека Бразилии fr|1=Bibliothèque nationale du Brésil en|1=National Library of Brazil zh|1=巴西国家图书馆 pt|1=Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil ar|1=‌مكتبة البرازيل الوطنية es|1=Biblioteca Nacional de Brasil

source: link * Gallery: link

credit: link Gallery: link

description: This 18th-century map of southeast Asia and parts of China was published in Amsterdam by the firm of Covens and mortier. Pieter mortier (1661-1711) built up a business that prospered by publishing new editions of atlases by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, Nicolas de Fer, and other French mapmakers. mortier also acquired the stock of the Dutch mapmaker Frederik de Wit and the right to reprint his maps. When mortier died, the business passed to his son Cornelis (1699-1783). In 1721, Cornelis married the sister of Johannes Covens (1697-1774). In the same year, Cornelis mortier and his brother-in-law founded the firm of Covens and mortier. Their maps and atlases were among the best known cartographic publications of the century. The title of this map is in French, but many of the place names and notes have been translated into Dutch.
Indochina

title: La ville de Trente

artist: pierre mortier

date: 1704

medium: Technique engraving and=watercolor paper

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=50.5 height=58

current location: Institution:Mart

source: LangSwitch|default=Photographed by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, uploaded by [[User:Mushroom]].|it=Opera fotografata dal Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, caricata da [[User:Mushroom]].

credit: Photographed by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, uploaded by User:Mushroom.

title: Atlas Van der Hagen KW1049B12 081-Stadsprofiel van- NAPOLI.

artist: Publisher: Pieter mortier

date: 1704

medium: nl [[:nl:Kopergravure kopergravure]] en Technique 1=copper engraving

dimensions: 43 x 98 cm

current location: Institution:Koninklijke Bibliotheek

source: Source page at the [link Geheugen van Nederland / Memory of the Netherlands] website. Koninklijke Bibliotheek

credit: This media file is from the collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, part of which is available on Wikimedia Commons.

description: This panorama is a slightly revised edition of a panorama of Napels published in 1663 in the third volume of the Town books of Italy by Joan Blaeu (1598-1673). In 1704 the print was reissued by Pieter mortier (1661-1711).

title: Strijd van Sancho met een struisvogel.

artist: Caspar Luyken

date: 1696; 1696

medium: paper; etching

dimensions: Size mm height=120 Size mm width=69

current location: Institution:Rijksmuseum

source: link

credit: link

title: Mortier, Situation du Paradise Terrestre, 1700 Cornell CUL PJM 1014 01

artist: pierre mortier

date: 1700

dimensions: (cm, H x W) 41 x 48

current location: Institution:Cornell University Library

source: [link Cornell University: Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection]

credit: Cornell University: Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection

description: The map has two captions reading essentially the same in French and Dutch. The French reads: "Map of the location of the earthly paradise, and of the country inhabited by the patriarchs, laid out for the better understanding of sacred history, by M. pierre Daniel Huet"

title: Carte Particuliere de Isthmus, ou Darien, qui comprend le GOLFE DE PA NAMA etc, CARTAGENE, et les Isles Aux Environs. A Amsterdam chez Pierre Mortier avec Privilege. RMG F0119

artist: Pieter mortier

date: circa 1705

dimensions: Sheet: 61 cm x 88 cm

source: link

credit: link

description: Carte Particuliere de Isthmus, ou Darien, qui comprend le GOLFE DE PA NAMA etc, CARTAGENE, et les Isles Aux Environs. A Amsterdam chez pierre mortier avec Privilege.Scale: [circa 1:500000]. Chart covering the Isthmus of Panama from the Corn Isles off Nicaragua to Rio la Hacha. 2 insets. [plane projection] [prime meridian of Ferro ?] [ungraduated].

Insets: 1]. Rade de Darien et les Isles aux environs. Scale: [circa 1:70000]; 2]. ... Rade de Cartagene et des Environs etc. Scale: [circa 1:55000].