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Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667) is considered the father of French cartography in its golden age from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth. Over the course of his career he produced over 300 maps; they are known for their clean style and extensive research. Sanson was largely responsible for beginning the shift of cartographic production and excellence from Amsterdam to Paris in the later-seventeenth century.

Sanson was born in Abbeville in Picardy. He made his first map at age twenty, a wall map of ancient Gaul. Upon moving to Paris, he gained the attention of Cardinal Richelieu, who made an introduction of Sanson to King Louis XIII. This led to Sanson's tutoring of the king and the granting of the title ingenieur-geographe du roi

His success can be chalked up to his geographic and research skills, but also to his partnership with Pierre Mariette. Early in his career, Sanson worked primarily with the publisher Melchior Tavernier. Mariette purchased Tavernier’s business in 1644. Sanson worked with Mariette until 1657, when the latter died. Mariette’s son, also Pierre, helped to publish the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (1658), Sanson' atlas and the first French world atlas.

Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
49949
Place/Date:
Paris / 1641
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50506
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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77662
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
7.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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83662
Place/Date:
Utrecht / 1683 circa
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93518
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1705
Size:
10.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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95653
Place/Date:
Paris / 1655
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67395
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
17.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50446
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
21 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80900
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97909
Place/Date:
Frankfurth / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97913
Place/Date:
Paris / 1656
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71892
Place/Date:
Paris / 1680 circa
Size:
18.75 x 14.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
81083
Place/Date:
Paris / 1703
Size:
31.5 x 16 inches (plus text)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
82012
Place/Date:
Paris / 1742
Size:
26 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
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82076
Place/Date:
Nuremberg / 1679
Size:
10.75 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97907
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1679
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
Good
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97914
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
22545
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
22.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50474
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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49725
Place/Date:
Paris / 1696
Size:
22.75 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
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77592
Place/Date:
Paris / 1702
Size:
23.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
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77664
Place/Date:
Paris / 1658
Size:
11.75 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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77928
Place/Date:
Paris / 1641 (1700)
Size:
30 x 22 inches Including Text
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
82025
Place/Date:
Paris / 1668
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
32329mb
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
16 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
50477
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64133

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1697 circa
Size:
Condition:
VG+
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53080
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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51075
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1683
Size:
9 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50772
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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71209
Place/Date:
Paris / 1662
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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0068em
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50847
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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49904
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50061
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50083
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1683
Size:
9 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50733
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50142
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50118
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50108
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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50787
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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71858
Place/Date:
Paris / 1651
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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22862
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657
Size:
10 x 8 inches
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VG
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28177
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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6707
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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39573
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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35829
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683 circa
Size:
9.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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49371
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
10.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1654 (1683)
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11 x 8 inches
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VG+
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50278
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
10.5 x 8 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
10.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50347
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
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10.5 x 8 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1654 (1683)
Size:
10 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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71978
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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72005
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75783
Place/Date:
Paris / 1648
Size:
23.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
86682
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
49630
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
10.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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49930
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
11 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50222
Place/Date:
Paris / 1654 (1683)
Size:
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50213
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
Size:
16 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50449
Place/Date:
Paris / 1660
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
1045hh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657
Size:
11 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36297
Place/Date:
Paris / 1657 (1683)
Size:
10 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
49951