Chris Bond (@Vibracobra23@mastodon.social)

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I'm going to post a few hi-res scans of my map of the “Provinces d'West; autrefois Royaume d'Westsex: ou sont Aujordhuy les Comtés Hant-shire, et l'Isle de Wight, Barck-shire, Wilt-shire, Dorcet-shire, Somerset-shire, Devon-shire, et Cornwall, &c.” by the father of French cartography and geographer ordinaire to King Louis XIV, Nicolas Sanson. The map is a 1679 edition of one from 1654 and was printed on handmade rag paper which has a large contemporary watermark. 1/19 #Cartography #NicolasSanson

A photo of my 1679 copy of Nicolas Sanson's 1654 map of the Kingdom of Wessex, which also includes Cornwall, South Wales, and a few of the bordering counties. The sheet is 24¼ by 18½ inches or 62 by 47 cms with a 21¼ by 14½ inches or 54 by 37 cms map to the centre. Sanson, a Picard of Scottish descent, lived from 1600 to 1667, so this edition was made by his sons some 12 years after his death. Scans of the cartouche, each of the counties, and the Duchy will follow in this thread, starting in Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire and working clockwise to Cornwall. This photo was taken with my phone with indoor lighting, so it's not particularly clear, is a bit dull and the colour looks washed out. As you'll see from the following scans, the actual map is beautifully crisp and very colourful.

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