BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ , C. F. French pilot. Sixth... - Lot 5 - Nouvelle Etude

BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ , C. F. French pilot. Sixth part, including the northern coasts of France, from the Roches de Porsal to the Heaux de Bréhat lighthouse. At the Dépôt Général de la Marine, Paris, 1843. Black and white. One volume in plywood, (1) title leaf, (1) table leaf and 57 double and single plates. Heavy foxing. Bound in 1/2 calf, smooth spine. Spine, headpieces and corners rubbed. Posterior spine, modern endpapers. 670 x 520 mm. French pilot. Sixth part, including the northern coasts of France, from the Roches de Porsal to the Heaux de Bréhat lighthouse, surveyed in 1837 and 1838 / by the hydrographic engineers of the Navy under the orders of Mr. Beautemps-Beaupré,... Published by order of the King, under the ministry of M. le Baron de Mackau,... Atlas illustrated with 57 plates of charts showing the coast from the Roches de Porsal to the Heaux de Bréhat lighthouse. Beautemps-Beaupré is considered as the father of modern hydrography. "His cousin Buache, geographer at the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine, introduced Beautemps-Beaupré to hydrography and cartography between 1783 and 1785. He took part in the expedition in search of Lapérouse in 1791 where he made all the charts of the coasts of the countries with the help of the Borda reflection circle and where he laid the foundations of marine hydrographic charts. Between 1799 and 1838, he was in charge of the methodical cartography of the French coastline. His work was published in "Le Pilote Français" in 1844 in 6 folio volumes, testifying to 20 campaigns at sea which included 613 different cartographic works. He was elected member of the Academy of Sciences in 1810 and of the Bureau des Longitudes in 1826.