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Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667) is considered the father of French cartography in its golden age from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth. Over the course of his career he produced over 300 maps; they are known for their clean style and extensive research. Sanson was largely responsible for beginning the shift of cartographic production and excellence from Amsterdam to Paris in the later-seventeenth century.
Sanson was born in Abbeville in Picardy. He made his first map at age twenty, a wall map of ancient Gaul. Upon moving to Paris, he gained the attention of Cardinal Richelieu, who made an introduction of Sanson to King Louis XIII. This led to Sanson's tutoring of the king and the granting of the title ingenieur-geographe du roi.
His success can be chalked up to his geographic and research skills, but also to his partnership with Pierre Mariette. Early in his career, Sanson worked primarily with the publisher Melchior Tavernier. Mariette purchased Tavernier’s business in 1644. Sanson worked with Mariette until 1657, when the latter died. Mariette’s son, also Pierre, helped to publish the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (1658), Sanson' atlas and the first French world atlas.
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97904
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
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97907
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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97908
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
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97909
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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97911
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 7.75 inches
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VG
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97912
Place/Date:
Frankfurth / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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97913
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
Good
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97914
Place/Date:
Paris / 1680 circa
Size:
18.75 x 14.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
81083
Place/Date:
Utrecht / 1682 circa
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG
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102735
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
49725
Place/Date:
Utrecht / 1683 circa
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93518
Place/Date:
Utrecht / 1683
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
93706
Place/Date:
Paris (but Utrecht) / 1683
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95822
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1683
Size:
6.5 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99687
Place/Date:
Paris / 1690 circa
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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77986
Place/Date:
Paris / 1690
Size:
17.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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79652
Place/Date:
Paris / 1690
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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80682
Place/Date:
Paris / 1696
Size:
22.75 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
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77592
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1698 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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76378
Place/Date:
Paris / 1698
Size:
21.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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76846
Place/Date:
Paris / 1701
Size:
20.5 x 17.7 inches
Condition:
VG
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71802
Place/Date:
Paris / 1702
Size:
23.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
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77664
Place/Date:
Paris / 1702
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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81968
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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80196
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
16.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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81253
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
23 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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81790
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
31.5 x 16 inches (plus text)
Condition:
VG
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82012
Place/Date:
Paris / 1705
Size:
31 x 17 inches (plus text)
Condition:
VG
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82022
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
10.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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95653
Place/Date:
Paris / 1717
Size:
16.25 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
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82009
Place/Date:
Paris / 1723
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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80099
Place/Date:
Paris / 1740 -1741
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches (each sheet)
Condition:
VG
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102860
Place/Date:
Paris / 1742
Size:
26 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
82076
[Ancient Tribes of Great Britain and Roman Roads] Britannicae insulae, Tribus modis distinctae . . .
Place/Date:
Paris / 1749
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77808
Archived
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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78802
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650 circa
Size:
21.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
Good
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82036
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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82715
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
84336
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650 circa
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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93726
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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95887
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
15.5 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG
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98594
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
21.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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99732
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
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15.5 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
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102553
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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18013EG
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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22862
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
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VG
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1037hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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1049hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651 circa
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9.5 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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35537
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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21 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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50411
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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21 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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40255
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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46040
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651 (1683)
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9.5 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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49861
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
16 x 20 inches
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VG
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50509
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651 circa
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15.5 x 22 inches
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VG
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50431
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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21 x 15.5 inches
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VG+
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62682
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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61069
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651 circa
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22 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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79399
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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84460
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
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20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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102552
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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102554
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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14723
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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1028hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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1029hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
20 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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1053hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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1059hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
27865
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
35767
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50412
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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43050
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
16 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50466
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
17 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50467
Place/Date:
Paris / 1652
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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76192
Place/Date:
Paris / 1653
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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1027hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1653
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21 x 16.5 inches
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VG
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1052hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1653
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16.5 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG
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50468
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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16518
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
21.25 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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17233
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
18878
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
22 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24246
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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1005hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
11 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG
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0246gh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
9 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36086
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
21.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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37318ops
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654
Size:
21.25 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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37319ops