Alexis Hubert Jailot
Amerique Meridionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties
1691
$2,500

Decorative large format map of South America, based upon earlier maps by Nicholas Sanson.

One of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Finest example of Hand Color

Alexis Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712) was one of the most important French Cartographers of the 17th Century. Originally a sculptor, he married the daughter of Nicholas Berey and went into partnership with Nicholas Sanson's sons. Beginning in 1669, he re-engraved and often enlarged many of Sanson's maps, filling in the gap left by the destruction of Blaeu's printing establishment in 1672. His maps were printed in Paris and in Amsterdam, by Pierre Mortier. One of his most famous productions was the Neptune Francois, published with J.D. Cassini in 1693.