The world map follows the slightly outdated cartography of Pierre Duval’s illustrious uncle Nicolas Sanson D’Abbeville’s world map of 1660. The shape of Australia in particular does not reflect recent voyages to the region. The large southern continent, ‘Terres Australes et Inconnues’ had also begun to disappear from some maps of the period, but it remains prominent on Duval's map. Typical for the period, the map shows California as an island following Sanson's model.

Above the map are two finely engraved wind roses (one naming the winds at sea and one naming the winds in the Mediterranean) and an astronomical diagram depicting the geocentric model of the Solar System. In the lower corners are a globe and an armillary sphere.

Engraved by Louis Cordier, Pierre Duval’s map was first published in 1666 and reissued ten years later by Pierre’s daughter, Marie Angélique Duval with her imprint, a rarity for female mapmakers of this period. It was later included in Duval's ‘Cartes de Geographie les Plus Nouvelles’, which she published in 1688 and 1689.

Marie Angélique’s father, Pierre Duval (1619–1683) was the nephew of the celebrated French cartographer Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600–1667), mapmaker to Louis XIV, King of France who paved the way for the so-called ‘French School of 

’. Pierre Duval enjoyed a successful career as a cartographer and was ultimately appointed ‘Geographe Ordinaire’ to Louis XIV. When he died in 1683, the business passed to his widow and their two daughters, Marie Angélique and Michelle. One or both daughters continued to publish maps until at least 1707 from ‘Chez Mlle. Duval’ at their father's former address. Marie-Angélique Duval then married Guillaume Delisle, often considered the first scientific geographer and one of France's great cartographers. After Delisle's death in 1726, Marie-Angélique Duval again took over the business, publishing her late husband's atlas until the firm could be passed to Delisle's nephew, Philippe Buache.

Pierre Duval’s map was first published in 1666 and reissued by his daughter Marie Angélique Duval in 1684 who took over the business following her father’s death in 1683. She continued to publish maps until at least 1707 before marrying Guillaume De L’Isle, often considered the first scientific geographer and one of France’s great cartographers. After De L’Isle’s death in 1726, Marie-Angélique Duval again took over the business, publishing her late-husband’s atlas until the firm could be passed to De L’Isle’s nephew, Philippe Buache. This map bears Marie Angélique Duval's imprint, a rarity for female mapmakers of this period.

This world map follows the slightly outdated cartography of Pierre Duval’s illustrious uncle Nicolas Sanson D’Abbeville’s map of 1660. The large, amorphous shape of Australia, in particular, is rather outdated. Typical for the period, the map shows California as an island following Sanson's model. Above the map are two finely engraved wind roses (one naming the winds at sea and one naming the winds in the Mediterranean) and an astronomical diagram depicting the geocentric model of the Solar System. In the lower corners are a globe and an armillary sphere.

An elegantly discreet map of the world, engraved by Louis Cordier, affirming the France as the centre of cartographic innovation, here issued by female cartographer, Marie Angélique Duval.

Double-page engraved copperplate double-hemisphere map of the world, with contemporary hand-colour in outline.

Marie Angélique Duval’s World Map