South America, Carte de L'Extremite Meridionale - Captain Cook's Voyage - Jacques Renaud Benard 1775

£200.00

Detailed large sea chart / map of the southern tip of South America and the Falkland Islands By Cook & Bernard. The map is centered on a compass rose with an inset of New Years Island and New Years Harbor on Staten Island at bottom right. Engraved by Jacques Renaud Benard.Specialised in the technique of engraving, Robert Bénard is mainly famous for having supplied a significant NUMBER of plates (at least 1,800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d'Alembert from 1751. Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.

Biographical research established in 2019 that his real name was Jacques Renaud Benard, that he was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois, and that he died in Paris in 1794.

The signature "Benard fecit" on plates probably indicates the work of his own hand; the signatures "Benard Direx" and "Benard Direxit" indicate the work of the atelier of engravers he directed for many years.

Detailed large sea chart / map of the southern tip of South America and the Falkland Islands By Cook & Bernard. The map is centered on a compass rose with an inset of New Years Island and New Years Harbor on Staten Island at bottom right. Engraved by Jacques Renaud Benard.Specialised in the technique of engraving, Robert Bénard is mainly famous for having supplied a significant NUMBER of plates (at least 1,800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d'Alembert from 1751. Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.

Biographical research established in 2019 that his real name was Jacques Renaud Benard, that he was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois, and that he died in Paris in 1794.

The signature "Benard fecit" on plates probably indicates the work of his own hand; the signatures "Benard Direx" and "Benard Direxit" indicate the work of the atelier of engravers he directed for many years.

Code : A48

Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Jacques Renaud Benard

Date : Publication Place / Date - Paris 1755 Approx

Size : Sheet size: 17.75 x 21.5 inches. 45 x 55 cm.

Availability : Available

Type - Genuine Antique

Grading - A-

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