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Isle de Bouin (1648)
Title
Isle de Bouin (1648): Bouin Island
Summary
This is a copper engraved map showing houses, roads, and fields of the Island of Bouin. It is decorated with a title cartouche, several sailing ships, and a simple compass rose. It shows the towns of Bouin and Beauoir (Beauvoir-sur-Mer) in the Vendée region of France. It is from the publication: Cartes generals de routes les Provinces de France et d'Espaigen which translates to: General Maps of all the Provinces of France and Spain. It was published in 1648 in Paris, France by Nicolas Berey near the Augustinians. Nicolas Tassin, the cartographer, was active from 1633 until 1655 and was appointed "Royal Cartographer" at Dijon, before setting up as an engraver in Paris where he issued various collections of small maps and plans.

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