Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726) and Philippe Buache (1700–1773). Mappemonde...1780

Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726) and Philippe Buache (1700–1773)Mappemonde, dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l’Academie Royale des Sciences...Paris: Dezauche, successor to Delisle and Buache, ca. 1780Copperplate engraving with hand coloring[Sheet size: approx. 20 ¾ x 29 ½ inches] A richly detailed double-hemisphere world map representing Enlightenment-era cartographic knowledge, compiled by the foremost French geographers of the 18th century, Guillaume Delisle and his son-in-law Philippe Buache. This edition was published by Jean-Claude Dezauche, who inherited the prestigious Delisle-Buache publishing house. This Mappemonde integrates discoveries from recent European voyages—most notably in the Pacific and along the coasts of the Americas, Africa, and Asia—while preserving the refined geographical rigor of Delisle’s earlier works. Australia appears as “Nouvelle Hollande,” with an incomplete eastern coastline, and the mythical “Terre de Davis” still lingers in the South Pacific. The