Subject: Cayenne, French Guiana
Period: 1684 (published)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.1 x 5.6 inches
10.4 x 14.2 cm
This small but striking bird's-eye view depicts Fort Cépérou (or Fort Saint Louis) in Cayenne, French Guiana. In the decades preceding the publication of this plan, the French settlers in Cayenne repeatedly clashed with the Dutch and British. Reflecting that turbulence, the plan shows skirmishing ships and firing cannons. From a German edition of Mallet's renowned Description de l'Univers. Blank verso.
References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 152-53; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with minor toning and printer's ink residue in the left margin.
