Map of the Atlantic Ocean, 1613

Audemer, settled in Le Havre soon after King François I founded the city in 1517. Jacques de Vaulx produced a compilation of contemporary works on nautical navigation entitled "Les premières oeuvres de Jacques de Vaulx," as well as a number of important maps. Pierre de Vaulx was the younger brother of Jacques; the map presented here is his sole extant work. It shows the coasts of Europe from L'Escaut (the Scheldt River) to the Dalmatian coast; Africa from Libya to Cape Fria (Namibia); and North and South America from Labrador to Rio de Janeiro on the Atlantic and from Acapulco to Anegada Point in Chile on the Pacific. The many decorative elements on the map include colored drawings of ships and mermaids on the sea and illustrations of people, houses, and animals on land. The map prominently shows the Amazon River and French Antarctica, a French colony that was established in Brazil in 1555 and that was later conquered by the Portuguese. The names of Indian tribes in New France (present-day Canada) are indicated, and include Montagnais, Iroquois, and others. The map is from the Navy Hydrographic Office Collection in the National Library of France, which was deposited in the library in several stages between 1942 and 1965. The collection derives from the French navy's General Repository of Maps and Plans, Journals and Memoirs, which was established by King Louis XV in 1720 in order to collect the documentation needed to produce reliable nautical maps.
Created by Pierre De Vaulx in 1613.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• "Scale about 1:16,000,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• Original resource extent: 1 map : on vellum ; 96 x 68.5 centimeters.
• Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Sarah Toulouse, "Marine Cartography and Navigation in Renaissance France," in David Woodward, editor, The History of Cartography, vol. 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
• Original resource at: National Library of France.
• Content in French.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

Animals

Atlantic Ocean

Devices (Heraldry)

Hunting

Indigenous Peoples

Manuscript Maps

Nautical Charts

Portolan Charts

Sailing Ships

Pierre De Vaulx

1613

Map Tags

1613

Animals

Atlantic Ocean

Devices (Heraldry)

Hunting

Indigenous Peoples

Manuscript Maps

Map

Nautical Charts

Pierre De Vaulx

Portolan Charts

Sailing Ships