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Henri Chatelain
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Description Des Plantes, Arbres, Animaux & Poissons Des Iles Antilles, Avec Les Moeurs Des Sauvages Qui S'Y Trouvent, et la Maniere dont on Fait Le Sucre
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Amsterdam / 1719
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Uncolored
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VG+
Stock# 107868
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Detailed set of images of indigenous plant, animal and sugar processing scenes, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique.

This sheet shows the commodities, natives and animals of the Antilles. The papayas, pineapples, peppers, bananas, peanuts and other useful plants are noted, and opossums, crocodiles, and wild boar are described as well. Other views show the houses of the workers and how they make sugar and indigo. Includes a panel of fish showing several sharks, dorado, bonito, and a manatee.

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Engraving on 18th-century laid paper.
Henri Chatelain Biography

Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. Chatelain proved a successful businessman, creating lucrative networks in London, The Hague, and then Amsterdam. He is most well known for the Atlas Historique, published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720. This encyclopedic work was devoted to the history and genealogy of the continents, discussing such topics as geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry, and ethnography. Published thanks to a partnership between Henri, his father, Zacharie, and his younger brother, also Zacharie, the text was contributed to by Nicolas Gueudeville, a French geographer. The maps were by Henri, largely after the work of Guillaume Delisle, and they offered the general reader a window into the emerging world of the eighteenth century.

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