- Title: Carte De L'Oceanie...
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Author: J. Andriveau-Goujon
- Date: 1841
- Condition: Excellent - Even, overall age toning with a clean, sharply defined centerfold
- Inches: 15 1/8 x 19 7/8 [Image]
- Centimeters: 38.41 x 50.48 [Image]
- Product ID: 308628
This mid-19th-century French map of Oceania and the Pacific basin depicts Australia (Nouvelle Hollande), New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the vast archipelagos of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, with hand-colored outline borders distinguishing major colonial and ethnographic regions, a detailed inset of the environs of Sydney, and a legend classifying island groups by the peoples who inhabit them.
Background on Creator
J. Andriveau-Goujon (1832-1897) was a prominent Parisian mapmaker and publisher active throughout the 19th century, known for producing numerous maps and atlases that often-featured collaboration with leading French cartographers such as Brue and Levasseur. The publishing house, originally formed when Eugène Andriveau married the daughter of Jean Goujon, became renowned for its high-quality publications under the Andriveau-Goujon name, which was used by multiple generations of the family. The firm's offerings were highly regarded until its stock was acquired by M. Barrère in 1892.