DU VAL

L’EMPIRE DES TURCS EN EUROPE, EN ASIE ET EN AFRIQUE, AVEC QUELES PRINCIPALES ROUTES QU’Y TIENNENT LES CARAVANES.

DU VAL, Pierre

Paris, 1686

55 x 39 cm.

Scarce map extending from the Eastern Mediterreanean to Persia and the Caspian Sea, identifying a number of the early trade Caravan routes through Greece and Asia Minor toward India, etc.
Shows a number of early sea routes through the islands.

Pierre Du Val Biography
Pierre Duval (1618-1683) was a French geographer, cartographer, and publisher who worked in Abbeville and Paris during the seventeenth century. He was born in the former city, in northeast France, before moving to Paris. Duval was the nephew of the famous cartographer Nicolas Sanson, from whom he learned the mapmaker’s art and skills. Both men worked at the royal court, having followed the royal request for artists to relocate to Paris. In addition to numerous maps and atlases, Du Val’s opus also includes geography texts. He held the title of geographe ordinaire du roi from 1650 and died in 1683, when his wife and daughters took over his business.