Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. Chatelain proved a successful businessman, creating lucrative networks in London, The Hague, and then Amsterdam. He is most well known for the Atlas Historique, published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720. This encyclopedic work was devoted to the history and genealogy of the continents, discussing such topics as geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry, and ethnography. Published thanks to a partnership between Henri, his father, Zacharie, and his younger brother, also Zacharie, the text was contributed to by Nicolas Gueudeville, a French geographer. The maps were by Henri, largely after the work of Guillaume Delisle, and they offered the general reader a window into the emerging world of the eighteenth century.
Exceptional Full Hand-Colored Example. Beautifully hand-colored four-sheet map centered on America and showing the various trade and exploration routes in the Pacific and Atlantic. Chatelain's "very curious map" is one of the most spectacular...
Interesting map of North America, showing California as an island, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. Includes 4 printed views of the counsels of the West Indies, North America, South America and Terre Ferme.
Decorative double hemisphere map of the World, intended to illustrate the successes of the Dutch East India and Dutch West India Companies throughout the world. Shows an incomplete Australia and New Zealand, along with California as an Island and a...
An Unusual Treatment of Australia and the Unknown Southern Continent Decorative world map, showing California as an island, the tracks of several explorers around the world and Celestial images of the sun Kircher and the moon by Cassini. The map...
Fine full color example of Henri Chatelain's map of the inhabited parts of North America, based upon Nicholas De Fer's landmark 4 sheet map published in 1718. At the top left of the map is large scale map of the Mississippi Delta and Mobile Bay, based...
![[British Colonies in North America] Carte Qui Contient Une Description Des Iles & Terres Que Les Anglois . . .[Chesapeake, Carolinas, New England, Bermuda, Gulf Coast, Jamaica, Barbadoes & Canada]](/map/small/46200.jpg)
Highly sought after group of maps from Chatelain's 7 Volume Atlas Historique. Includes 8 maps, each of which would be highly coveted as a separate map. The maps include 1) a map of the Carolinas, 2) a map of the Chesapeake, 3) Canada and New England,...
Attractive map of North America, based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam. California is a peninsula with a number of villages,...
Detailed plan of Lima and regional map of Peru, published in Henri Chatelain's 7 volume Atlas Historique. The sheet also includes two views showing indigenous flora and fauna and the manner of living of the Spanish women in Peru.
![Nouvelle Carte Du Gouvernement Civil D'Angleterre Et de Celuy De La Ville De Londres [London Town Plan, etc]](/map/small/30591.jpg)
Striking plan of London, with map of England and two large allegorical views. A finely engraved map from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique, one of the most famous and prolific works of the early 18th Century.
Decorative map of the British Isles with idyllic scenes showing councils of the various military officers of the British Isles. From Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique.
Fascinating series of scenes, which include scenes from both Cambridge and Oxford and nearly 20 different coats of arms, along with portraits of great scholars. Very decorative. From Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique.
Fantastic early map of the British Isles, surrounded by the portraits of the Saxon Kings and Queens of England, from Egbert in 801 to Queen Anne in 1701. Central map of the British Isles under Roman occupation. Smaller map defining the Anglo-Saxon...
Striking large format map of England, colored by Counties. Shows the major Cities, Churches, Universities and other points of significance within England. From Chatelain's 7 volume Atlas Historique, one of the great compilations of the early 18th...
A very detailed map of the German Empire with a list of it's important cities and nobility in tables at the sides. This handsome copper engraved map includes today's Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Detailed group of regional maps and town plans of Geneva (ancient and modern), showing battle fortifications. From Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique, published in 7 volumes.
Fascinating series of scenes, illustrating the activities and principal members of the ruling houses of the Swiss Cantons. Remarkable detail. Very decorative. From Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique.
